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ADVANCE 

An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Illinois. 

First International Live Stock Exposition Grand Champion Fat Steer over all Breeds. 

Bred, Fed and Exhibited by Stanley R. Pierce. Sold at World's Record Price, $1.50 

Per Pound by Bowles & Co. 



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Photo by Courtesy of Clay, Robinson & Co. 
AN ABERDEEN-ANGUS PRODUCT OF ILLINOIS. 
Grand Champion Carload of Fat Steers at 190 International Live Stock Exposition. Sold at 
15%c Per Pound by Clay. Robinson & Co. Fed and Exhibited by Late Hon. L. H. Kerrick. 



Supremacy of 
Aberdeen- Angus Cattle 



Results of Leading Fat Stock Shows During Past 
Decade in Great Britain and America 



Second Edition 



EDITED BY CHAS. GRAY, SECRETARY 



PUBLISHED BY 

AMERICAN ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION 

817 EXCHANGE AVENUE, CHICAGO 



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CONTENTS 



Awards of American Fat Stock Shows 



Title. Contents and Introduction 

Relation of Pure-Bred Aberdeen- Angus 
to the Cattle Industry 

Retrospective and Prospective of Beef 
Production (by James E. Poole) 

Table of Awards and Summary of Single 
Fat Animal Exhibits at International 

Why Stock Yards Buyers like Aberdeen- 
Angus (by Henry Du Plan, Patrick 
J. O'Neill and James Brown) 

Table of Awards and Summary of Fat 
Carload Lot Exhibits at International 

Table of Comparative Average Prices 
at Auction of Fat Carload Lots at 
International 



Pages Pa S es 

3-6 Table of Awards of International Car- 
cass Contest and Review of Same (by 

6-7 Prof. Wayne Dinsmore) 37-41 

Table of Awards of St. Joseph Show, 

S-ll Iowa State and Inter-state Fairs, 

Western Stock Show, Fort Worth Show 

13-18 and Canadian Shows 44-45 

Aberdeen-Angus Cattle on the Range 

(by George Findlay) *. 47-49 

21-22 Table of Comparative 'Average Prices 
Obtained at Auctions by Breeds from 

24-34 1900-1909 51 

Recapitulation of American Fat Stock 
Shows 52-53 



Awards of British Fat Stock Shows 



Title, Introduction 54-56 

Beef Producing Qualities of Aberdeen- 
Angus Cattle (by J. J. Cridlan) 57-59 

Aberdeen-Angus and Their Crosses (from 
Banffshire Journal) 60-63 

Table of Awards and Summary of Single 
Fat Animal Exhibits at Smithfleld 
Show 64-70 

Table of 'Awards of Smithfleld Carcass 
Contest, and Summary of Same 73-73% 



Table of Awards and Summary of Sin- 
gle Fat Animal Exhibits at Birming- 
ham Show 

Table of Awards and Summary of 
Butchers' Best Bullock Contest at Bir- 
mingham Show 

Table of Awards and Summary of Sin- 
gle Fat Animal Exhibits at Scottish 
National Show 

Table of Awards of Aberdeen and Dublin 
Fat Stock Shows 



Illustrations 



Advance. 1900 International Grand Cham- 
pion Steer 

International 1900 Grand Champion Fat 
Carload Lot 

King Ellsworth, 1909 International Grand 
Champion Steer 

Doctor Gwinn, 1909 International Cham- 
pion Grade Steer 

Fyvie Knight, 190S International Grand 
Champion Steer 

Shamrock. 1902 International Grand 
Champion Steer 

Clear Lake Jute 2d, 1904 International 
Grand Champion Steer 

International 1909 Grand Champion Steer 
herd 

Pittsburg Grand Champion Fat Carload 
Lot 

International 1906 Grand Champion Fat 
Carload Lot 

International 1908 Champion Fat Car- 
load Lot of Yearlings 

American Royal 1906 Grand Champion 
Fat Carload Lot 

Chuck and Round of Exilio's Grand 
Champion Carcass 



My Choice, Grand Champion Steer in 
1908 at Sioux City, St. Joseph and Iowa 
State Fair 1909 42 

Victor, 1910 Grand Champion Steer at 
Fort Worth Show 43 

Western Stock Show, 1910, Grand Cham- 
pion Feeder Carload Lot 42 

Western Stock Show, 1908, Grand Cham- 
pion Fat Carload Lot 43 

Glencarnock Style, 1910 Grand Champion 
Steer, Manitoba Winter Fair 46 

Manitoba Winter Fair Exhibit 46 

Western Stock Show 1909 Grand Cham- 
pion Steer 50 

Fort Worth 1909 Grand Champion Fat 
Carload Lot 50 

Violet 3d of Congash and Two- Year-Old 
Heifer 55 

Pan of the Burn, 1909 Grand Champion 
of Smithfleld and Birmingham 71 

Esmeralda of Dalmeny 5th, 1909 Grand 
Champion of Scottish National Show.. 71 

Short Loin and Rib Roast of a Grand 
Champion 72 

Yearling Heifer 83 






Introduction 



The first edition of "Supremacy of Aberdeen-Angus Cattle" issued by the 
American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association in 1909 met with such universal 
favor among Aberdeen-Angus breeders as well as breeders and feeders of other 
breeds of live stock and those interested in the fat stock shows and expositions, 
that the large edition which was printed soon became exhausted. This fact was 
reported to the members of the Association while they were in Annual Meeting 
in 1 909 and a resolution was passed instructing the Secretary to revise the pam- 
phlet, incorporate the up-to-date show results and print a large enough number 
of second edition to supply all demands. Many features of interest have been 
added in form of contributions from eminent authorities on the cattle industry. 
The illustrations have been improved and new ones added in order to make the 
pamphlet more practical and instructive. Much could be written in form of elab- 
oration on the contents but the author feels sure the concise form will be preferred 
and appreciated by the majority of readers. 

The chief object of this pamphlet is for the purpose of setting forth the com- 
parative merits of the leading beef breeds in Great Britain and America. To treat 
this subject scientifically and practically in an exhaustive manner would require much 
more time than the average man of this busy age can afford, especially in America, 
thus only the essence of the facts that enter into the results of the past decade of 
British and American Shows and Expositions has been used. 

So much of a general nature has been written on the merits of the beef breeds 
that the theories or speculations constitute a mass of material that is like a mountain 
of bewilderment to the average cattleman. Elaboration for explanation of a theory is 
necessary; however, right at this point every practical and scientific cattleman 
should get fixed in mind the definition of the terms practical, scientific, theory and 
hypothesis. 

All arguments of the merits of all the beef breeds should be based on practical 
or scientific foundations. America is a country of science with practice, thus no up- 
to-date American should lag in the ruts of theory or listen to dreams that belong 
to the category of hypothesis. 

To avoid generalization and at the same time present the true merits of the 
Aberdeen-Angus breed of cattle, the results of the leading Live Stock Shows and 
Expositions have been used, where the leading beef breeds of cattle have been in 
direct competition in Great Britain and America. The past decade is considered 
the best criterion of the beef cattle industry in America; therefore the results ob- 
tained from such a period are without question a true index of the merits of the 
rival beef breeds. 



It is conceded by all leading cattle authorities that practical and scientific 
production of beef has reached a higher degree of excellence in Great Britain and 
America than in any other countries of the world. It is further conceded that the 
marvelous results obtained have been accomplished chiefly by the object lessons pre- 
sented at the great Live Stock Shows of Great Britain and America, such as the 
International Live Stock Exposition, Chicago, 111. ; American Royal Live Stock 
Show, Kansas City, Mo. ; Inter-State Show, St. Joseph, Mo. ; Western Stock Show, 
Denver, Colo.; National Stock Show, Fort Worth, Texas; Winter Fairs, Guelph, 
Ontario, and Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, etc., in America; London Smithfield 
Show and Birmingham Show in England ; Edinburgh and Aberdeen Shows in 
Scotland, and Dublin Show, Ireland. 

The data has been compiled with the utmost care from the official records 
of the various shows. The author feels greatly indebted to the Secretaries and 
Superintendents of British and American Shows, Breeder's Gazette, Banffshire 
Journal, Live Stock Journal Almanac, James E. Poole, James Brown, George 
Findlay, Patrick J. O'Neill, and Prof. Wayne Dinsmore for the courtesy and 
assistance rendered in form of valuable contributions and illustrations. 

Relation of Pure-Bred Aberdeen-Angus to the Cattle Industry. 

Great as has been the progress in every department of agriculture during 
comparatively recent years, there is probably no problem that deserves more at- 
tention or confronts the American people more forcibly than the production of 
meat animals, especially beef animals, to furnish food for the population of this 
gieat American nation, which is continually increasing at a rate nothing short of 
marvelous. 

The British people have been consistent beef-eaters for many generations, 
and it is conceded by leading authorities that the British people have progressed 
more rapidly during the time they have used meat as one of their chief foods than 
during any other period covering the same number of years. Many eminent writers 
and philosophers attribute the strength and success of the British people to 
the use of beef. The people of the United States are destined to be great because 
they possess much of the best blood of all the leading nations of the world and 
because the Americans have used meat more liberally as one of the chief foods 
of their diet than any other people. 

For these sound reasons no one should give heed to people with a fanatic 
turn of mind who instigate boycotts on packers and producers of beef. Yellow 
journalism has done much to stir the equilibrium or steadiness of the American 
farmer. Nearly everything in the country has been organized except the farmer, 
and he is rapidly being educated in a manner that will mean organization ultimately 
in a more gigantic form than anything that has yet been in evidence When such 
a time arrives, the pure-bred cattle interests and their Associations will be of such 
significance that they will be a power in this country in a measure that has 



scarcely been dreamed of by farmers, stockmen and those engaged in the cattle 
business. Some would-be authorities seem to be of the opinion that the pure-bred 
cattle business has reached its zenith. It only requires a little investigation, how- 
ever, to enlighten or convince anyone of such absurd ideas or vague conceptions of 
the pure-bred cattle industry. 

There are scarcely fifty million beef animals in the United States and con- 
siderably less than half a million pure-bred living registered animals in use for the 
purpose of improving the o.uahty of beef animals. In other words, there is only 
about one pure-bred animal to every one hundred grades and scrubs. A full 
realization of these facts should readily convince every breeder, stockman and 
farmer, as well as those interested in the cattle industry, that the pure-bred cattle 
business and the beef cattle Record Associations are on a sound, solid foundation, 
although merely in their infancy. 

It is not an uncommon thing to hear men of high positions in the sphere of the 
cattle industry question the merits of the use of pure-bred registered animals and 
the Record Associations. Those who have any doubt about the value of pure 
blood need only make a general survey of the improvement that has been wrought 
on the native and range cattle of our country during the past twenty-five or thirty 
years, or since pure blood has been permanently establisned. 

The great continual success of the fat stock shows of Great Britain are chiefly 
due to the systematic use of pure blood and the phenomenal success of the fat 
stock shows of the United States and Canada can be wholly attributed to the fertile 
brains of the pure-bred breeders who have labored as pioneers, as it were, without 
the assistance of Government legislation or assistance from leading capitalists. 

This immense cattle industry which has grown to such proportions and spread 
over such vast territories of this country has its sheet-anchor or foundation in the use 
of pure blood, and furthermore, it is dependent on the use of pure-bred animals 
in order to maintain the perfection it has already reached. There is nothing that 
will do more to attain greater perfection in beef cattle than the use of more pure- 
bred Aberdeen-Angus, or some of the other recognized beef breeds. If the pure- 
bred cattle Associations and their members were to forsake their noble work, such 
action would be a calamity to the cattle industry of this country and the noted 
specimens of beef animals would soon deteriorate to the old-time dogies and scrubs. 
The pure-bred cattle Associations and the systematic methods of keeping pure-bred 
animals are here to stay as long as our country continues to be a leader in the im- 
portant branch of agriculture known as live stock farming. 

Much more could be added in form of elaboration to show the intrinsic value 
and relation the pure-bred cattle have to other cattle and the industry in general; 
however, it is not deemed necessary, because the writer is fully convinced it is 
only the question of a short time until the real significance and power of the pure- 
bred beef cattle interests will be recognized and appreciated in a much higher degree 
by everyone interested in cattle, the Government, and the people of this country. 



Retrospective and Prospective of Beef Production 

By JAMES E. POOLE, Editor Chicago Live Stock World and Associate Editor 

of Breeder s Gazette. 

Beef making on the North American continent is in the transition stage. Its 
initial chapter began when European civilization took possession of the fertile Mis- 
sissippi Valley and closes with the termination of the era of cheap feed and free 
grass. A romantic chapter it is and as yet no historian has portrayed it properly. 
Gradually the settler, climbing over the Alleghenies, pushed his way strenuously 
toward the setting sun and, emerging from the dense forests of the Atlantic slope 
where nature was in resistant mood, found more general conditions. From Ohio 
to Iowa nature had provided a natural wealth of grass, free as air, and as an 
army travels on its belly so civilization crossed the continent on grass. The 
lowing herd represented almost the entire sum total of pioneer wealth and the 
European tidal wave, beating back the Red Man and the Bison, utilized and 
also dissipated this source of natur?.! wealth until not only free, but cheap grass 
is now a matter of history. The plow trailed behind the pioneer introducing 
cheap corn and, between these two commodities, beef, a comparative luxury all 
down through the ages became cheap for a brief period. How the grazing in- 
dustry of the short grass country from the Missouri River to the Sierras and the 
Mexican gulf away to the Alberta ranges developed and declined is very recent 
history. The present finds the beefmaker facing a new set of conditions, and having 
passed through the transition stage the industry will be on a more stable basis. 
Already evidence of this much-desired stability is conspicuous at the market. 
Confidence is returning, foresighted men are investing money in cattle and a pasture 
is regarded as good property. 

Beef scarcity prediction has been audible these many moons. Actually it 
exists in the sense that the feeder, the killer, and the consumer is gradually getting 
closer to the base of supply. Demonstration of this is seen in a growing scarcity of 
stock cattle, a radical change in the character of the spring stocker movement from 
the breeding grounds of the South to the maturing areas of the North. The 
two-year-old exodus of other years to the Northwest now stops at Kansas pastures, 
going thence to market the same season instead of being double wintered in the 
North. So inadequate is the stocker supply that Montana graziers, outbid on the 
Texas two-year-olds, have been compelled to cross the Rio Grande to secure 
Mexican cattle for the purpose of replenishing their depleted herds. Texas, full 
of aged cattle a few years ago, is now bare and at the great stocker markets, 
Chicago, Kansas City and Omaha, filling a country order is a difficult task. Stock 
cattle with quality were never as hard to find and prices have reached what many 
beefmakers regard as a prohibitory level. Securing a bunch of stockers in the 

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cornbelt by the old-time method of riding the country is now a futile task. Re- 
sponding to the incentive of high prices speculators have run a drag net through the 
South gathering a motley aggregation of "heretics" and "three-year-old yearlings" 
from every nook and cranny of the cottonbelt. Packers are daily cheating the 
feeder in a fierce rivalry to secure the lion's share of the limited supply available 
and scarcity, actual and impending, is emblazoned in characters of heroic size 
on the market horizon. This scarcity is now being accentuated by a rapidly de- 
veloping Pacific Coast and Alaskan demand, practically the entire winter-made 
crop of Montana beef having found the western outlet this year. 

Everywhere consumption is increasing by leaps and bounds and a prediction 
of return to cheap beef would not find credence anywhere, even if hazarded, and 
no such forecast would be ventured by anyone conversant with the facts. 

Obviously the major part of the beef supply of the future will be 
made in the Mississippi Valley. There will be production in a limited 
sense on both eastern and western slopes, but the great grass and grain 
belts must be depended on for the bulk. Tick eradication is yet a theory 
eliminating the South with its superb climate and abundant forage as a 
supply factor to a large extent. West of the Missouri River hay 
feeding and beef making on sugar mill by-product is increasing, but it is to the 
cornbelt proper that the beef eater must look for a constant supply. Wherever 
corn and blue grass thrive there beef will be made under ideal conditions and at 
minimum cost. Production on that basis will be reached, however, only when 
old-style methods have been abandoned and this justifies a prediction that silage 
will cut a wide swath in future beef making operations. Much has been said 
regarding the impossibility of breeding and raising beef cattle on cornbelt lands at 
present prices, but this has been proven a mere chimera as numerous instances 
may be cited where cattle breeding and beef making are being carried on at sub- 
stantial profit. It is a statement not open to dispute that when the present trans- 
ition process is completed home-bred cattle will be the rule instead of the exception. 
The pendulum swings as far in one direction as the other. Having gone bare, 
the country will devote itself to the replenishment process with characteristic Ameri- 
can energy. All that is needed is the incentive of remunerative paces and that 
the market is consistently furnishing. By the use of silage the feeding capacity 
of cornbelt land will be materially increased, eliminating to a considerable extent the 
handicap to feeding and breeding opera tions created by the recent appreciation in 
values. Already a general revolt against the slavery of the milk pail is detected. 
As an Englishman is reputed to love a lord, so does the American farmer like 
the steer and when that "critter" is able to pay his board he will be regarded as 
a good thing to have about the place. 

Much eloa.uence has been wasted on the subject of feed scarcity, a purely 
fortuitous circumstance and a condition that will be promptly remedied. A cattle- 
man of experience made this remark recently "We are entering on a period 



of abundant feed and cattle scarcity." Admitting the accuracy of 
the prediction the logical result will be reduced cost of beef production, so 
far as the feed bill is concerned, but how about the conversion machinery? As 
a matter of fact, current conditions in swine trade will be paralleled by the di- 
lemma in which the cattle feeder will shortly find himself. The country is today 
long on corn, but short on hogs wherewith to convert it into pork, a highly profit- 
able process. One or two bumper crops would fill every corncrib and stock yard 
in the country to the overflowing stage, but a new set of cattle cannot be produced 
in a season. That greatest of American iconoclasts, Jerry Simpson, of Kansas and 
sockless fame, once remarked that wonderful as were Nature's efforts creating a 
three-year-old steer in a week was impossible even with super-natural aid. The 
wise ones are promising a paucity of cattle at a stage when feed will be abundant 
and at that stage the breeder will be in an enviable position. On the wall is hand- 
writing to that effect in conspicuous characters. Witness the present dilemma of 
the western cattleman who yielded to the steer craze and abandoned breed- 
ing. Now he finds himself unable to replenish his herd and faces the alterna- 
tive of being forced out of business while the man who stuck to his breeding herd 
has merely to elevate his feet on his desk and book orders for his young cattle at 
any price he likes to name, within reason. 

What part the Aberdeen-Angus breed will play m the new era of beef pro- 
duction may easily be conjectured. That it will be a star part needs no demon- 
stration. Cattle are no longer required to rustle for a living in the West and with 
close herding the black breed will become as popular thereabouts as it has 
always been in the cornbelt feed lots. As "pound makers" they acknowledge no 
superior and their recognized popularity based on high-dressing qualities and beef 
excellence will prompt producers to show partiality for a breed that always gets 
the buyer's eye at the market. These black cattle are no strangers to the short 
grass country, although in a numeric sense they have occupied a minor position 
where grass beef has been produced. The late Nelson Morris and the X I T 
people have given cattledom abundant proof of the ability of the breed to thrive 
under Texas range conditions and when Aberdeen-Angus cattle have been taken 
North for maturing purposes they have done as well as other breeds with reputed 
superior rustling proclivities. Montana-bred Aberdeen-Angus cattle finished in Ill- 
inois were conspicuous performers on the I 909 market and the superlative display of 
black calves at the feeder exhibit of the 1 909 International from all sections of the 
trans-Missouri grazing country not only dispelled skepticism but furnished a valu- 
able object lesson of what the breed is capable of in that sphere. 

Preference tells its own story eloquently and when stock yaid buyers rids 
their horses lame in quest of fat black cattle and feeders do a similar stunt in the 
stocker division, no further evidence of merit is needed. A Chicago buyer whose 
score on the dressing sheet is consistently high, when asked recently why he showed 
such marked preference for "doddies," replied: "Because they ate honest bul- 



locks." Feeders, when sounded on the same topic, invariably reply that the Aber- 
deen-Angus is a "pound-maker," at least that was the expression recently used by 
an Illinois man with a market-topping reputation. In the chill room the carcass of 
an Aberdeen-Angus steer always interests the beef men. "Perhaps you think these 
retail butchers are not wise," said a beef salesman in one of packingtown's cavernous 
coolers, "but in my experience I have been able to deceive few of them. They will 
go straight to an Aberden-Angus carcass as a bee darts for its hive and the reason 
they assign is that they cut to best advantage." 

In looking up the market-top record, Aberdeen-Angus cattle will be found to 
have claimed it in a majority of cases. In answer to the inquiry, "What topped the 
market?" The usual answer is "a bunch of black ones." Whether as yearlings 
or two-year-olds, they are conspicuous at the market. 

It is now conceded that in future beef-making operations silage must play a 
prominent part and experiments conducted by W. A. Cochel at the Indiana 
Station have demonstrated that black cattle take to silage as does a duck to water. 
Two years ago Cochel brought a bunch of Aberdeen-Angus yearlings to Purdue 
University from Missouri for preparation for the short-fed contest at the Chicago 
International. At that juncture a severe drought set in and the experimenter nulli- 
fied its effect by using silage. When the cattle entered the show sale ring at Chicago 
in December they outsold all their dry-fed competitors of other breeds and earned 
more money than many cattle that had been in the finishing process for months. 
Aberdeen-Angus cattle fed silage as roughage have been light shrinkers in transit 
and big percentage yielders on the hooks. 

There is always a paucity of black feeding cattle at the market. Aberdeen- 
Angus bulls in a dairy herd produce black calves that are polled in a majority of 
cases and even these "counterfeits" as they are popularly dubbed in contradistinction 
to pure breds and high grades, command a premium. Stockmen are at all times un- 
able to fill their orders for black calves, and usually the feeder who tops the fat 
cattle market with "doddies" was also the breeder. 

Occupying a somewhat circumscribed sphere on this continent in the past, the 
Aberdeen-Angus breed has asserted its superior qualities so emphatically that no 
possible doubt can be entertained as to its future. it is, par excellence, the beef- 
making breed. 




KING ELLSWORTH 

An Aberdeen- Angus Product of Kansas. 

1909 International Live Stock Exposition Grand Champion Steer over all Breeds. Fed ami 

Exhibited by Kansas State College. 




DOCTOR GWINN. 

An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Ohio. 

1909 International Live Stock Exposition Champion Grade Steer over all Breeds. Fed and 

Exhibited by Mart L. McCoy. 

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Chicago 
International Live Stock Exposition Awards 

Grades and Cross-Breds 

Competition Limited to Steers, Spayed or Martin Heifers 

1900 

Aberdeen- Shorthorn Hereford Mixed 

TOTAL ENTRIES. class. Angus ratin g rating rating rating 

1234 1234 123 4 1234 

33 several not shown: 2 years and under 3 0200 0000 1034 0000 

48 several not shown : I year and under 2 1030 0004 0000 0a2 00 

25 several not shown: under 1 vear 000 0000 1004 0b2c3 

7 shown: herd .' 2 00 0004 1030 0000 

A Hereford-Shorthorn B Hereford-Holstein c Aberdeen-Angus-Galloway. 

Champion animal (grade or cross-bred Grade Aberdeen- Angus. 

Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Hereford. 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Aberdeen- Angus. 

Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Hereford. 

Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen- Angus. 

Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Grade Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion animal under 1 year Hereford. 

Reserve animal under 1 year Hereford. 

Grand champion single animal of the show Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve champion single animal of the show Aberdeen- Angus. 

1901 

Aberdeen- Shorthorn Hereford Mixed 

TOTAL entries. class. Angus rating rating rating rating 

1234 1234 1234 1234 

38 several not shown: 2 years and under 3 1000 0034 0200 0000 

25 several not shown; senior yearling 230 0000 1004 0000 

20 several not shown: junior yearling 000 1230 0004 0000 

13 two not shown: senior calf 000 1200 0034 0000 

16 several not shown: junior calf 200 0004 1000 O0a3 

8 shown; herd 204 0030 1000 0000 

A Breed unknown. 

Champion animal (g> ade or cross-bred) Grade Hereford. 

Reserve animal (g.ade or cross-bred) Grade Aberdeen- Angus. 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Shorthorn. 

Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Hereford. 

Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion animal unde" 1 year Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve animal under I year Aberdeen-Angus. 

Grand champion single animal of the show Hereford. 

Reserve Champion single animal of ihe show Aberdeen- Angus. 

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1902. 

Aberdeen- Shorthorn Hereford Mixed 

TOTAL ENTRIES. CLASS. Angus rating rating rating rating 

12345 12345 12345 12345 

29 several not shown: 2 years and under 3. .10045 00300 02000 00000 

24 several not shown: senior yearling 12040 00000 00305 00000 

25 several not shown: junior yearling 12005 00000 00340 00000 

19 several not shown: senior calf 0000 00300 12045 00000 

8 two not shown: junior calf 2005 00300 10040 00000 

8 shown herd 10040 00000 02300 00000 

Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Grade Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Shorthorn. 

Champion animal I year old and under 2 Hereford. 

Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion animal under I year Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve animal under 1 year Hereford. 

Champion herd of the show Grade Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve herd of the show Aberdeen-Angus. 

Grand champion single animal of the show Grade Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve champion single animal of the show Hereford. 



1903. 

Aberdeen- Shorthorn Hereford Mixed 

TOTAL ENTRIES. CLASS. Angus rating rating rating rating 

12345 12345 12345 12345 

34 several not shown: 2 years and under 3.. 2005 00000 10300 00 0z4 

19 several not shown: senior yearling 10000 00305 02040 00000 

20 several not shown: junior yearling 02300 00000 10045 00000 

27 several not shown: senior calf 2345 00000 10000 00000 

12 several not shown: junior calf 0305 00040 00000 *1*2 

9 shown, herd 02340 00000 10000 00000 

15 several not shown, get of one sire 0300 00000 12000 00000 

*Shorthorn-Galloway. zGalloway. 

Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Hereford. 

Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) Hereford. 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Hereford. 

Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Hereford. 

Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Hereford. 

Champion animal under 1 year Hereford. 

Reserve animal under 1 year Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion herd of the show Hereford. 

Reserve herd of the show Aberdeen-Angus. 

*Grand champion single animal of the show Hereford. 

Reserve champion single animal of the show Aberdeen- Angus. 

*Some authorities claim this animal correctly belongs in mixed class. 

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1904. 

Aberdeen- Shorthorn Hereford Mixed 

TOTAL ENTRIES. CLASS. Angus rating rating rating rating 

12345 12345 12345 12345 

32 several not shown : 2 years and under 3. .00005 10040 02300 00000 

23 several not shown: senior yearling 10340 00000 02005 00000 

21 several not shown: junior yearling 0000 00000 00345 *1*2 

20 several not shown: senior calf 02305 00000 10000 00 0z4 

10 several not shown: junior calf 0000 00040 00305 *1*2 

14 shown: herd 003 00 00000 10040 0b2 000 

1 1 shown: get of one sire 2000 00000 00300 xlOOOO 

*Shorthorn-Galloway. bMixed herd. xM'.xed or cross-bred. zGalloway. 

Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Shorthorn. 

Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) Shorthorn-Galloway. 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Hereford. 

Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Shorthorn-Galloway. 

Champion animal under 1 year Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve animal under 1 year Grade Hereford. 

Champion herd of the show Aberdeen- Angus. 

Grand champion single animal of the show Aberdeen- Angus. 

Reserve champion single animal of the show Hereford. 



1905. 

Aberdeen- Shorlhorn Hereford Mixed 

TOTAL entries. class. Angus rating rating rating rating 

12345 12345 12345 12345 

25 several not shown: 2 years and under 3. .12 000 00040 00305 00000 

12 one not shown: senior yearling 2345 00000 10000 00000 

24 several not shown: junior yearling 12000 00000 00045 0a3 00 

26 several not shown: senior calf 12000 00300 00045 00000 

17 several not shown: junior calf 10000 00000 00045 0a2c3 

10 shown: herd 02 04 00000 0000 *I0d3 

9 shown: 2 et of one sire 12300 00000 00000 00000 

*^4fcerJeen-y4ngus-Shorthorn-Galloway. cAberdeen-Angus-hlereiord. DBreed unknown. 

AShorthorn-Galloway. 

Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Grade Aberdeen- Angus. 

Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Hereford. 

Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Hereford. 

Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen- Angus. 

Champion animal under 1 year Hereford. 

Reserve animal under 1 year Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion herd of the show ^JterJeen-zlngus-Shorthorn-Galloway. 

Grand champion single animal of the show Grade Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve champion single animal of the show Hereford. 

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1906. 

Aberdeen- Shorthorn Hereford Mixed 

TOTAL ENTRIES. class. Angus rating rating rating rating 

12345 12345 12345 12345 

28 two not shown: 2 years and under 3. ...10045 02000 00000 0a3 00 

21 several not shown: senior yearling 00300 02000 00045 *1 

22 several not shown: junior vearling 10000 00300 02005 00 0b4 

16 two not shown: senior calf 12305 00000 00040 00000 

13 several not shown: junior calf 10040 00000 02000 0c3 0*5 

9 shown- he-d 2300 00000 10000 00 0d4 

7 shown: get of one sire 02 3 00 00000 10000 00000 

cShorlhorn-Angus. AGalloway. DBreed unknown. *Hereford-Angus. BShorthorn-Gal- 
Ioway. 

Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Hereford- Aberdeen- Angus. 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Shorthorn. 

Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion animal under 1 year Hereford. 

Champion herd of the show Aberdeen- Anfus. 

Reserve herd of the show Mixed herd — Breed unknown. 

Grand champion single animal of the show Hereford. 

Reserve champion single animal of the show Aberdeen-Angus. 



1907. 

Aberdeen- Shorlhorn Hereford Mixed 

TOTAL ENTRIES. CLASS. Angus rating rating rating rating 

12345 12345 12345 12345 

37 several not shown: 2 years and under 3.. 0340 00000 02005 *1 

15 two not shown: senior yearling 2340 00005 10000 00000 

35 several not shown: junior yearling 0300 00000 12040 000 0a5 

21 several not shown: senior calf 2300 10005 00040 00000 

8 one not shown: junior calf 12000 00000 00345 00000 

9 shown: herd 2340 00000 10000 00000 

17 shown: get of one sire 12300 00000 00000 00000 

*A berdeen- Angus- Shorthorn. AAberdeen-A ngus-Hereford. 

Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Shorthorn. 

Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) Aberdeen- Angus-Shorthorn. 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Aberdeen- Angus. 

Champion animal 1 year and under 2 Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion animal under 1 year Grade Shorthorn. 

Champion herd of the show Aberdeen- Angus. 

Reserve herd of the show Hereford. 

Grand champion single animal of the show Grade Shorlhorn. 

Rerserve champion single animal of the show Aberdeen- Angus. 

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1908. 

Aberdeen- Shorlhorn Hereford Mixed 

TOTAL ENTRIES. class. Angus rating rating rating rating 

12345 12345 12345 12345 

33 several not shown: 2 years and under 3.. 2300 00005 10040 00000 

14 two not shown: senior yearling 02045 10000 00300 00000 

37 several not shown: junior yearling 12305 00040 000 00000 

20 several not shown: senior calf 0005 12340 00000 00000 

23 several not shown: junior calf 12000 00005 00340 00000 

9 shown: herd 10300 02040 00000 00000 

10 shown: get of one sire 2000 10000 00300 00000 

Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Shorthorn. 

Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Hereford. 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Shorthorn. 

Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen- Angus. 

Champion animal under 1 year Aberdeen- Angus. 

Reserve animal under 1 year Hereford. 

Champion herd of the show Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve herd of the show Hereford. 

Grand champion single animal of the show Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve champion single animal of the show Grade Shorthorn. 



1909. 

Aberdeen- Shorthorn Hereford Mixed 

TOTAL ENTRIES. class. Angus rating rating ra'ing rating 

12345 12345 12345 12345 

1 7 2 years and under 3 10340 02005 00000 00000 

12 Senior yearling 2 040 00305 10000 00000 

31 Junior yearling 10345 02000 00000 00000 

20 Senior calf 0040 00000 02005 *1 0a3 

12 Junior calf 02 3 40 00005 10000 00000 

9 Herd 10300 00000 00000 0b2 0c4 

17 Get of one sire 12000 00000 00300 00000 

*Hereford-^4 berdeen-Angus. AHereford-Shorthorn. BMixed — 1 Shorthorn and 2 Aberdeen- 
Angus. cMixed — I grade Aberdeen-Angus, I grade Hereford, 1 cross-bred Hereford-^ berdeen- 
Angus. 

Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Aberdeen- Angus. 

Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Hereford. 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Aberdeen- Angus. 

Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen- Angus. 

Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion animal under 1 year Hereford-Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve animal under I year Shorthorn. 

Champion herd of the show Aberdeen- Angus. 

Reserve herd of the show Hereford. 

Grand champion single animal of the show Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve champion single animal of the show Aberdeen-Angus. 

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Grand Champion Single Steer Awards 



Year. breed. per lb. 

1900 Aberdeen-Angus $1.50 

1901 Hereford 50 

1902 Aberdeen-Angus 56 

1903 Mixed (Hereford) ... .26 

1904 Aberdeen-Angus 36 

1905 Aberdeen-Angus 25 

1906 Hereford not sold 

1907 Shorthorn 24 

1908 Aberdeen-Angus 26y 2 

1909 Aberdeen-Angus 18 



NAME OF ANIMAL. 

Advance 

Wood's Principal.... 

Shamrock 

Challenger 

Clear Lake Jute 2d. . 

Blackrock 

Peerless Wilton 39th's 

Defender 

Roan King 

Fyvie Knight 

King Ellsworth 



NAME OF EXHIBITOR. 

Stanley R. Pierce, Creston, 111. 
Geo. P. Henry, Goodenow, 111. 
Iowa State College. 
University of Nebraska. 
University of Minnesota. 
Iowa State College. 

F. A. Nave, Attica, Ind. 
Jas. Leask, Greenbank, Ont., Can. 
Purdue University. 
Kansas State College. 



Summary of Single Steer, Spayed or Martin 
Heifer Competition 

A list of awards of the single steer competition reveals some interesting features of the sub- 
stantial and steady growth the Aberdeen-Angus breed has made since the inception of the Inter- 
national Exposition. At the first few Expositions the Hereford and Shorthorn breeds seem to 
have been more in evidence in the money positions than they have been in recent years. A 
brief synopsis of ten Expositions is as follows: Out of two hundred and ninety-three possible places 
Aberdeen-Angus won 43 per cent, Herefords 31 per cent, Shorthorns 15 per cent, Galloways 
1 per cent, mixed 9.5 per cent. 

In competition for Championships, out of ten possible Championships for Grades and Cross- 
breds, Aberdeen- Angus won four, Herefords two, Shorthorns three, mixed Hereford- Angus one, 
and in the same class only eight Reserves were reported, which were won as follows: Aberdeen- 
Angus two, Herefords four, one mixed Shorthorn-Galloway, and one mixed Aberdeen- Angus- 
Shorthorn. 

Out of ten possible Grand Championships and ten Reserves (competition open to pure- 
breds, grades and cross-breds) Aberdeen-Angus won six of each, Herefords three of each, and 
Shorthorns one of each. 

Out of eight Grand Champion steer herd prizes, Aberdeen-Angus won six, Herefords one, 
and a mixed herd of v4fcerJeen-v4rtgus-Shorthorn-Galloway one. Only six of the eight Reserve 
Grand Champion steer herd prizes were reported, two being won by Aberdeen-Angus, three by 
Herefords, one by a mixed herd. 

Out of thirty possible Champion awards by ages (pure-breds, grades and cross-breds com- 
peting) Aberdeen-Angus won seventeen, Herefords nine, Shorthorns three, mixed Hereford- 
Aberdeen-Angus one, and out of the twenty-three Reserves which were reported Aber- 
deen-Angus won eleven, Herefords eight, Shoi thorns three, mixed (Shorthorn-Galloway) one. 

Out of the grand total of one hundred and five Champion awards Aberdeen-Angus won 
fifty-four, Herefords thirty-three, Shorthorns eleven, mixed seven. 

These facts should serve as conclusive proof of the superior merits of the Aberdeen-Angus 
breed in the single steer competition. 



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FYVIE KNIGHT. 
An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Indiana. 
190S International Live Stock Exposition Grand Champion Steer over all Breeds. 
Exhibited by Purdue University. 




SHAMROCK. 
An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Iowa. 
1902 International Live Stock Exposition Grand Champion Steer over all Breeds. 
Exhibited by Iowa State College. 

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CLEAR LAKE JUTE 2d. 

An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Minnesota. 

1904 International Live Stock Exposition Grai.d Champion Steer over all Breeds. Fed and 

Exhibited bv University of Minnesota. 




STEER HERD. 

An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Kansas. 

1909 International Live Stock Exposition Grand Champion Steer Herd Over All Breeds. 

Fed and Exhibited by Kansas State College. 

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Aberdeen-Angus Market Popularity 

By PATRICK J. O'NEILL, Cattle Buyer for Morris & Co. 

No more effective tribute to the outstanding merit of Aberdeen-Angus cattle 
could be desired than the partiality shown for them by the late Nelson Morris, 
who was as good a judge of cattle as ever bred, bought, sold or slaughtered them. 
He demonstrated on his Texas pastures that they were virile and fecund. As a 
distillery feeder he showed them to be weight-makers and when they were available 
at the market he was always an avid bidder. 

It is not necessary to relate what Mr. Morris did with his Aberdeen-Angus 
cattle on his breeding ground in Texas nor in maturing them on his pastures in the 
Northwest. He was never accused of being a sentimentalist and he preferred Ab- 
erdeen-Angus cattle because they were money makers. He was always ready to 
assert their superiority as range cattle, under the conditions in which he handled 
them, and could back up his assertions by convincing figures. He often said that 
of his numerous investments the most lucrative was his herd of Aberdeen-Angus 
breeding cattle. 

As a buyer I like none better. They have points of superiority that are 
generally conceded. The buyer who sends a load of blacks over to the slaughter 
house does so without apprehension that the dressing sheet will be accompanied by 
a "roast." The beef man likes them because retailers pick out an Aberdeen-An- 
gus carcass with remarkable precision, and, owing to its superior cutting qualities 
pay the prices without haggling. And my association with cattle feeders has con- 
vinced me that the black steer is as popular in the feed lot as it is at the stock yards 
or on the beefmarket after it has been converted into edible product. 

To be brief, market popularity of Aberdeen-Angus cattle is due to their uni- 
form dressing quality and account sales of the beef, which is the supreme test. 

Instead of putting on exterior gobs of fat Aberdeen-Angus steers ripen evenly, 
the result being the marbling process so fighly prized by retail trade. An excess 
of outside fat is always prejudicial to (he sale of the beef, especially if lumpy. 
Nothing arouses the ire of the purchaser more than the paring away of outside fat 
and as it is not edible no alternative exists. The item of waste is an important 
one to the retailer, also, and in the case of Aberdeen-Angus product it is reduced 
to a minimum. Aberdeen-Angus are small boned, which also means much to the 
butcher. 

In common with stock yard buyers I like Aberdeen-Angus cattle. By gen- 
eral consent they wear the stamp of butchers' approval. This means more to the 
grower and feeder than may appear on the surface as a ready outlet is a distinct 
advantage. All things being equal, the finished delegation of black cattle in a 
big run will be the advance squad over the scales. 



Why Butchers Like Black Cattle 

By JAMES BROWN, Chief Cattle Buyer for Armour & Co.; Judge of Fat 
Carload Lots, 1909, International Live Stock Exposition. 

An Aberdeen-Angus steer is an ideal animal from the butchers' standpoint. 
Asked which is the best breed a cattle buyer is naturally averse to positive com- 
mitment as a good bullock of any of the breeds is desirable, but the npe Aberdeen- 
Angus has no superior. The average market performance of black cattle as indi- 
cated by the price list, demonstrates their quality. The meat marbles well, they are 
high dressers, being short-legged and chunky and the meat is in the right place, with 
a high percentage of choice cuts. 

That is why butchers like them. They cut up with minimum waste on 
the block, hence the popularity of beef carcasses that have been divested of black 
hides with the retailer. 

The better bred a black steer is the more creditable is its performance both 
in the feed lot and shambles. Buyers are, of necessity, impartial as to breeds. 
Their mission is to get good cattle regardless of color or history. "Blood will 
tell," as the saying goes, and when a buyer locates a drove of well-bred, finished 
Aberdeen-Angus he knows that he has an opportunity to buy something. They are 
smooth, the proportion of weight in loin and rib is uniformly heavy and they are 
seldom paunchy. 

Opinion of a Chicago Buyer 

By HENRY DU PLAN, S. & 5. Cattle Buyer; Judge of Fat Carload Lots, 
1907, International Live Stock Exposition. 

No better cattle come to market than Aberdeen-Angus. A load of black 
bullocks of the same quality and finish as a load of any other kind will invariably 
elicit a bid 1 cents higher than the buyer would feel justified in offering for 
others. He has by long experience determined, in his own mind, at least, that 
results justify him in doing this. The statement that the "black" is an "honest 
bullock" explains this. When he starts a load of black ones toward the scales 
he does it with the conviction that he has not booked himself for a calling down 
when the dressing sheet has been filled out. Not only will he get a high percentage 
of beef, but it will be good meat, and when displayed on the hooks will attract the 
eye of the retailer, a more critical buyer than the laymen imagine. 

One reason why the butcher is partial to them is that they are fine-boned 
and when an experienced retailer enters a beef cooler to select material to replenish 
his stock he invariably begins a patient search for the black ones, frequently sur- 
prising beef men by the certainty with which he picks them out of the mass. A 
black carcass is always a nice carcass and my experience justifies me in stating 
that there are fewer counterfeits in this breed than any other. 

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An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Iowa. 

!i"ui(l Champion Carload of Pat Steers over all Breeds at Pittsburg Fat Stock Show. 

Bred, Fed and Exhibited by Charles Escher, Sr.. and Sold at World's 

Record Price. 2iy 2 c Per Pound. 



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An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Illinois. 

Grand Champion Carload Fat Steers over all Breeds at 1906 International Live Stock 

Exposition. Fed and Exhibited by Funk Bros., and Sold at 17c Per Pound by 

Clay, Robinson & Co., which is the Record Price for a Carload at Chicago. 

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Chicago International Live Stock Exposition 
Fat Carload Lot Awards 

Competition Open to Steers and Heifers of Any Breed. 

In the classification for Carload Lots the United States and Canada are divided into six 
Districts, and the territory which each District comprises is as follows: 

Northwest District: Washington, Oregon, California (north of the quarantine), Idaho, 
Nevada and Utah and the Territories and Provinces of Northwest Canada. 

North Central District: Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota. 

South Central District: Colorado and that part of the states of Kansas and Nebraska lying 
west of the ninety-eighth degree of longitude. 

Southwest District: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and that part of Texas and Old 
Mexico lying north of the United States quarantine line. 

Soulhern District: All that part of the United Slates and Mexico lying south of the United 
States quarantine line. 

Eastern District: Animals to compete under this head may have been bred in any part of 
the world not provided for in the foregoing five districts. 

1900. 

Tolal and No. Aberdeen- 

of Entries Angus 

of each Breed. District. Class. rating 

1 2 3 

1 Shorthorn; Northwest; 3 years and over 

1 Aberdeen-Angus : North Central; 2 years and under 3 1 

2 Both Mixed: North Central; 1 year and under 2 

1 Hereford 

2 I Shorthorn: South Central; 3 years and over 000 020 100 000 

3 All Aberdeen-Angus : South Central; 2 years and under 3. . 1 2 3 
3 All Herefords: Southwest; 3 years and over 

2 Aberdeen-Angus. 
3 1 Hereford: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 023 000 100 000 

1 Shortorn: Southern; 2 years and under 3 000 100 000 000 

3 All Shorthorn: Southern; 1 year and under 2 000 123 000 00 U 

! Aberdeen-Angus 
1 Shorthorn 
3 1 Hereford: Eastern; 3 years and over 003 020 100 000 

1 Aberdeen-Angus 

I Hereford 

3 I breed unknown : Eastern ; 2 years and under 3 100 000 020 0*3 

I Hereford 

3 2 Shorthorns: Eastern; 1 year and under 2 000 103 020 000 

Champion Fat Carloads by Ages. 

Champion Fat Carloads; 3 years or over 000 000 123 000 

Champion Fat Carloads; 2 years and under 3 100 000 020 0*3 

Champion Fat Carloads; 1 year and under 003 I 00 000 0^2 

Grand Champion Carload of the Show— Aberdeen-Angus. 

*Breed unknown, t Hereford-Shorthorn. 

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Total and No. Aberdeen- Short- Here- 

of Entries Angus horn ford Mixed 

of each Breed. District. Class. rating rating rating ra.ing 

123 123 123 123 

1 Aberdeen- Angus: Northwest; 3 years and over 100 000 000 000 

1 Hereford: Northwest; 2 years and under 3 00 000 100 000 

1 Mixed: North Central; 3 years and over 00 000 000 100 

2 Aberdeen- Angus 
1 Hereford 

4 1 breed unknown: North Central; 2 years and under 3. ...120 000 003 000 

1 Aberdeen-Angus 

2 1 Hereford: North Central; 1 year and under 2 20 000 100 000 

1 Hereford: South Central; 3 years and over 00 000 100 000 

I Aberdeen-Angus: South Central; 2 years and under 3 100 000 000 000 

I Hereford: Southwest; 3 years and over 00 000 100 000 

1 Aberdeen-Angus 

2 Herefords 

5 2 breed unknown: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 03 000 120 000 

I Aberdeen-Angus 

1 Hereford 

1 Mixed 

8 5 breed unknown: Southwest; I year and under 2 20 000 003 100 

1 Shorthorn: Southern; 3 years and over 00 100 000 000 

3 All Shorthorns: Southern; 2 years and under 3 00 123 000 000 

2 Both Shorthorns: Southern; 1 year and under 2 00 120 000 000 

1 Aberdeen-Angus 
1 Shorthorn 
1 Mixed 
5 2 breed unknown: Eastern; 3 years and over 20 100 000 003 

12 Aberdeen- Angus 

21 9 breed unknown: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 123 000 000 000 

13 Aberdeen-Angus 
Herefords 

30 Shorthorns: Eastern; 1 year and under 2 02 003 100 000 

Number of Herefords and Shorthorns unknown. 

Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 

1 Aberdeen-Angus 

1 Hereford 

3 1 Shorthorn: 3 years and over 02 003 100 000 

2 Aberdeen-Angus 

3 1 Hereford: 2 years and under 3 02 3 000 100 000 

2 Herefords 
3 I Mixed: 1 year and under 2 000 000 103 020 

Grand champion carload of the show — Herefords. 

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1902 

Total and No. Aberdeen- Short- Here- 
of Entries Angus horn ford Mixed 
of each Breed. District. Class. rating rating rating rating 

123 123 123 123 
1 Aberdeen-Angus 

2 I breed unknown: North Central; 2 years and under 3. ...100 000 000 0*2 

3 All Aberdeen-Angus North Central; I year and under 2. ..123 000 000 000 

1 Aberdeen-Angus 

2 1 Shorthorn: South Central; 2 years and under 3 20 100 000 000 

4 Herefords 
5 1 breed unknown: South Central; 1 year and under 2. ..000 000 123 000 

3 All Herefords: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 00 000 123 000 

2 Both Herefords: Southwest; 1 year and under 2 00 000 120 000 

2 Both Shorthorns; Southern; 3 years and over 000 120 000 000 

Mixed load 

1 Shorthorn and Hereford; Southern; 2 years and under 3. .000 000 000 100 

3 Herefords 

4 1 Shorthorn: Southern; 1 year and under 2 00 100 023 000 

4 Aberdeen Angus 

3 Herefords 

4 Shorthorns 

12 1 Mixed: Easlern; 3 years and over 20 100 003 000 

16 Aberdeen-Angus 
1 1 Herefords 
12 Shorthorns 
42 3 breed unknown: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 103 020 000 000 

15 Aberdeen- Angus 
7 Herefords 

5 Shorthorns 

33 6 breed unknown: Eastern; I year and under 2 020 000 103 000 

*Breed unknown. 

Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 

2 Both Shorthorns: 3 years and over 00 120 000 000 

I Aberdeen- Angus 
I Hereford 

3 1 Shorthorn : 2 years and under 3 100 003 020 000 

1 Aberdeen- Angus 
3 2 Herefords: 1 year and under 2 03 000 120 000 

Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen- Angus. 



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1903 

Total and No. Aberdeen- 

of Entries Angus 

of each Breed. District. Class. rating 

1 2 3 
2 Both Aberdeen- Angus ; North Central; 2 y'rs and under 3 . . 1 2 

1 Hereford: South Central; 3 years or over 

9 Breed unknown: South Central; 2 years and under 3 3 

5 Breed unknown: South Central; 1 year and under 2 3 

1 Aberdeen-Angus 

2 I Shorthorn: Southwest; 3 years or over 2 

5 Breed unknown: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 3 

6 All Herefords: Southwest; 1 year and under 2 

1 Hereford: Southern; 3 years or over 

1 Hereford: Southern; 1 year and under 2 

2 Aberdeen-Angus 
I Shorthorn 

21 18 Breed unknown: Eastern; 3 years or over 2 3 

38 Breed unknown: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 1 3 

Breed unknown: Eastern; 1 year and under 2 

*A load of yearling Galloways won second prize in South Central 



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2 Herefords 

3 1 Shorthorn: 3 years or over 

1 Aberdeen-Angus 

3 2 Herefords : 2 years and under 3 1 

3 All Herefords: 1 year and under 2 

Grand champion carload of the show — Herefords. 



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3 All Herefords: North Central; 3 years or over 

1 Aberdeen-Angus 
3 2 Herefords: South Central; 1 year and under 2 2 

1 Aberdeen-Angus 

5 4 Herefords: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 2 

3 All Herefords: Southwest; I year and under 2 

1 Shorthorn: Southern; 3 years or over 

2 Both Herefords: Southern; I year and under 2 

3 All Shorthorns: Eastern; 3 years or over 

8 Aberdeen-Angus 

1 Hereford 
10 1 Shorthorn: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 1 2 3 

6 Aberdeen-Angus 

8 Herefords 

19 5 Shorthorns: Eastern; 1 year and under 2 I 3 

Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 

Breed unknown: 3 years or over 2 

9 Aberdeen-Angus 
8 Herefords 

18 1 Shorthorn: 2 years and under 3 I 

7 Aberdeen-Angus 
12 Herefords 

24 5 Shorthorns: 1 year and under 2 1 

Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen-Angus. 

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1905 

Total and No. Aberdeen- Short- 

of Entries Angus horn 

of each Breed. District. Class. rating rating 

12 3 12 3 

1 Hereford: North Central; 3 years and over 000 000 

1 Hereford: North Central; 2 years and under 3 000 000 

2 Both Hereford: North Central; 1 year and under 2 000 000 

I Shorthorn: South Central; 3 years and over 000 1 00 

2 Herefords 

3 1 Galloway: South Central; 2 years and under 3 12 0*3 

2 Aberdeen-Angus 
2 Herefords 
5 1 Galloway: South Central; I year and under 2 10 3 0*2 

1 Hereford: Southwest; 3 years and over 00 000 100 000 

1 Hereford: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 00 000 100 000 

7 All Herefords: Southwest; 1 year and under 2 00 000 123 000 

1 Hereford 

2 1 Shorthorn: Southern; 3 years and over 000 020 100 000 

4 Herefords: Southern; 2 years and under 3 000 000 123 000 

4 Herefords 

5 1 Shorthorn: Southern; 1 year and under 2 00 000 123 000 

2 Aberdeen-Angus 
2 Herefords 

8 4 Shorthorns: Eastern; 3 years and over 20 003 100 000 

8 Aberdeen- Angus 

1 Hereford 

10 1 Shorthorn: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 123 000 000 000 

7 Aberdeen-Angus 

2 Herefords 

13 4 Shorthorns: Eastern; 1 year and under 2 020 103 000 000 

*A load of yearling Galloways won second prize in South Central District; also third prize 
in same District in 2-year-old class. 

Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 

3 All Herefords: 3 years and over 00 000 123 000 

1 Aberdeen-Angus 

3 2 Herefords: 2 years and under 3 100 000 023 000 

2 Herefords 

3 I Shorthorn: I year and under 2 000 020 103 000 

Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen-Angus. 



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1906 

Total and No. Aberdeen- Short- Here- 
of Entries Angus horn ford Mixed 

of each Breed. District. Class. rating rating rating rating 

123 123 123 123 

2 Both Herefords: North Central; 2 years and under 3 000 000 120 000 

2 Both Herefords: North Central; I year and under 2 000 000 120 000 

1 Hereford: South Central; 3 years and over 00 000 100 000 

2 Both Herefords: South Central; 2 years and under 3 000 000 120 000 

2 Aberdeen-Angus 

3 1 Hereford: South Central; 1 year and under 2 120 000 003 000 

2 Herefords 

3 1 Shorthorn: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 00 020 103 000 

7 Herefords 
8 1 Shorthorn: Southwest; 1 year and under 2 00 100 023 000 

3 All Herefords: Southern; 1 year and under 2 00 000 123 000 

6 Aberdeen-Angus 

3 Herefords 

3 Shorthorns 

1 3 1 Galloway : Eastern ; 3 years and over 100 003 020 000 

10 Aberdeen-Angus 

4 Herefords 

15 1 Shorthorn: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 123 000 000 000 

7 Aberdeen-Angus 
2 Herefords 

10 Shorthorns 
22 3 Mixed: Eastern; 1 year and under 2 100 020 003 000 

Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 
1 Aberdeen-Angus 
2 1 Hereford: 3 years and over 02 000 100 000 

1 Aberdeen-Angus 

4 3 Herefords: 2 years and under 3 100 000 023 000 

2 Aberdeen- Angus 
2 Herefords 

5 1 Shorthorn: 1 year and under 2 100 003 020 000 

Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen-Angus. 



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1907 

Total and No. Aberdeen- Short- Here- 
of Entries Angus horn ford Mixed 
of each Breed. District. Class. rating rating rating rating 

123 123 123 123 

4 All Herefords: North Central; 3 years or over 00 000 123 000 

1 Hereford: North Central; 2 years and under 3 00 000 100 000 

2 Herefords 

3 I Shorthorn: North Central; 1 year and under 2 00 100 023 000 

3 Herefords 
I Shorthorn 

5 1 Aberdeen- Angus: South Central; 3 years or over 00 003 120 000 

3 Herefords 

5 2 Galloways: South Central; 2 years and under 3 000 000 100 0*2 3 

6 Herefords 
8 2 Aberdeen-Angus: South Central; I year and under 2.. ..0 00 000 123 000 

2 Both Herefords: Southwest; 3 years or over 00 000 120 000 

1 Hereford: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 00 000 100 000 

8 Herefords 
10 2 Shorthorns: Southwest; 1 year and under 2 00 100 023 000 

2 Both Herefords: Southern; 2 years and under 3 00 000 120 000 

2 Both Herefords: Southern; 1 year and under 2 00 000 120 000 

4 Aberdeen- Angus 
4 Shorthorns 

12 4 Herefords: Eastern; 3 years or over 020 003 100 000 

13 Aberdeen- Angus 

3 Herefords 

17 1 Shorthorn: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 120 003 000 000 

6 Aberdeen- Angus 
10 Herefords 
19 3 Shorthorns: Eastern; I year and under 2 100 000 023 000 

*Galloways won second and third prizes in 2-year-old class in South Central District. 

Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 

4 All Herefords: 3 years or over 00 000 123 00U 

1 Aberdeen- Angus 
5 4 Herefords: 2 years and under 3 100 000 023 000 

1 Aberdeen- Angus 

2 Herefords 

5 2 Shorthorns: I year and under 2 100 003 020 000 

Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen- Angus. 



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1 








1 2 









1 2 








1 








1 2 








1 






1908 

Total and No. Aberdeen- Short- Here- 
of Entries Angus horn ford Mixed 
of each Breed. District. Class. rating rating rating rating 

123 123 123 123 
3 Herefords 

4 1 Galloway: North Central; 2 years and under 3 00 000 123 000 

1 Hereford: North Central; 1 year and under 2 

1 Hereford: South Central; 3 years or over 

2 Both Herefords: South Central; 2 years and under 3....0 

3 Aberdeen-Angus 

5 2 Herefords: South Central; 1 year and under 2 103 000 020 000 

2 Both Herefords: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 

1 Hereford: Southwest; 1 year and under 2 

2 Both Herefords: Southern; 2 years and under 3 

1 Hereford: Southern; I year and under 2 

2 Aberdeen- Angus 

3 Shorthorns 

2 Herefords 

8 I Mixed: Eastern: 3 years or over 100 020 003 000 

9 Aberdeen- Angus 
10 1 Hereford: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 123 000 000 000 

5 Aberdeen- Angus 

3 Shorthorns 
7 Herefords 

16 1 Mixed: Eastern; 1 year and under 2 100 023 000 00Q 

Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 

1 Aberdeen- Angus 
2 1 Hereford: 3 years or over 100 000 020 000 

1 Aberdeen- Angus 

5 4 Herefords: 2 years and under 3 100 000 023 000 

2 Aberdeen- Angus 

5 3 Herefords: 1 year and under 2 100 000 023 000 

Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen- Angus. 



Jl 



1909 
Total and No. Aberdeen- Short- Here- 
of Entries Angus horn ford Mixed 
of each Breed. District. Class. rating rating rating rating 

123 123 123 123 

1 Hereford: North Central; 3 years and over 00 000 100 000 

1 Hereford: South Central; 3 years and over 00 000 100 000 

3 Herefords 

5 2 Shorthorns: South Central; 2 years and under 3 000 003 120 000 

1 Shorthorn: South Central; I year and under 2 00 100 000 000 

3 All Herefords: Southwest; 3 years and over 00 000 123 000 

6 All Herefords: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 00 000 123 000 

1 Aberdeen- Angus 

2 Herefords 

4 1 Shorthorn: Southwest; I year and under 2 003 100 020 000 

3 Aberdeen-Angus 
2 Herefords 

6 I Grade or Cross: Eastern; 3 years and over 120 000 000 0*3 

7 Aberdeen- Angus 
6 1 Shorthorn: Eastern: 2 years and under 3 123 000 000 000 

10 Aberdeen-Angus 
5 Herefords 
22 7 Shorthorns: Eastern; I year and under 2 23 100 000 000 

Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 

I Aberdeen-Angus 
4 3 Herefords: 3 years and over 03 000 120 000 

1 Aberdeen- Angus 
3 2 Herefords: 2 years and under 3 100 000 023 000 

3 All Shorthorns: 1 year and under 2 00 123 000 000 

Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Shorthorn. Reserve Grand Champion Carload — 
Aberdeen- Angus. 

*Grade or Cross. Breed unknown. 

Grand Champion Fat Carload Lot Awards 
Price 

Year BREED Per Cwt. NAME OF EXHIBITOR. 

1909 Shorthorn $15.00 Keays & Oglesby, Elkhart, 111. 

1908 Aberdeen-Angus 11.00 Funk Bros., Bloomington, III. 

1907 Aberdeen-Angus 8.00 Claus Krambeck, Marne, Iowa. 

1906 Aberdeen-Angus 17.00 Funk Bros., Bloomington, 111. 

1905 Aberdeen-Angus 8.65 Claus Krambeck, Marne, Iowa. 

1904 Aberdeen-Angus 10.00 Claus Krambeck, Marne, Iowa. 

1903 Hereford 8.35 W. F. Herrin, Buffalo, 111. 

1902 Aberdeen-Angus 14.50 Chas. Escher, Sr., Manning, la. 

1901 Hereford 12.00 D. W. Black, Lyndon, Ohio. 

1900 Aberdeen-Angus 15.50 L. H. Kerrick, Bloomington, 111. 

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Chicago International Live Stock Exposition 

Comparative Average Prices of Fat Carload Lots at Auction by Breeds 

1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 

O <U 1 S V % O <U 1 J 1)1 o tl § 1)1 

NAME OF BREED. ^ - E ^ — ' ~ ^ ^ C ^ •"£ ~ ~ ^ i.^T — ' v- T. 

o CL S ^' CL S o 0,5 . Q-S o 0,5^ a. S 

6 Cu d CL6 °- -5 °- 6 ^6 °- 

z z z ^ z z 

Aberdeen-Angus 20 $11 98 18 $9 53 25 $6 66 27 $8 53 18 $6 71 21 $8 20 

Hereford 25 10 45 25 8 84 47 6 37 28 7 90 32 6 52 23 7 29 

Shorthorn 13 1124 9 8 51 13 6 40 16 7 84 9 6 70 9 7 42 

Galloway I 8 00 5 6 51 1 7 75 1 6 80 

Mixed, Texans and cows 9 5 58 2 5 82 3 6 37 

1903 1902 1901 1900 

« O m 

in ^ ^ </> OOuj^ 

NAME OF BREED. j |j ] .8 J 1 | J j | cj £ | £ ^ 



a, 



D-d D-6 0- '„? < 



Z Z Z Z Hm £ 

Aberdeen-Angus 48 $5 96 1 7 $7 94 32 $8 22 18 $7 29 244 $8 10 

Hereford 24 5 99 11 7 48 22 8 23 17 6 29 254 7 54 

Shorthorn 23 5 61 II 7 45 10 7 74 13 6 25 126 7 52 

Galloway 2 6 05 2 6 45 12 6 93 

Mixed, Texans and cows 22 5 64 2 7 22 1 2 7 60 1 6 00 51 6 32 



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Summary of Fat Carload Lot Competition 

The foregoing table shows clearly that in point of number ci awards the 
Herefords are far in the lead of any other breed, which substantiates the claims 
of the zealous advocates of this breed. The feature or question, however, that 
should interest not only Aberdeen-Angus breeders, but also breeders of all beef 
breeds and cattle feeders in general, is how much actual competition did each breed 
have? An analysis of the above table gives quite a different conclusion than may 
be gleaned from it by a superficial observance. 

Out of the total number of 287 awards, Aberdeen- Angus won 2 7 firsts, 29 
seconds, 21 thirds; Herefords 68 firsts, 44 seconds, 31 thirds; Shorthorns 24 
firsts, 1 5 seconds, 1 4 thirds ; Galloways 3 seconds, 2 thirds ; mixed 4 firsts, 2 
seconds, 3 thirds. 

The interesting feature of the Fat Carload Lot ccmpetition is to learn how 
many prizes each breed won where its rivals were not represented. We find that 
Aberdeen-Angus won 6 firsts, 3 seconds and 2 thirds, where no Herefords, Short- 
horns, etc., were shown. The Shorthorns won 16 firsts, 9 seconds and 5 thirds 
where no Aberdeen-Angus were shown. Herefords won 5 1 firsts, 34 seconds 
and 1 9 thirds where Aberdeen-Angus were absent. By making the proper deduc- 
tions from the actual awards and only taking into consideration the classes in which 
Aberdeen-Angus, Herefords and Shorthorns took part, we find that the Aberdeen- 
Angus won 21 firsts, 26 seconds and 19 thirds; Herefords 18 firsts, 1 1 seconds, 
1 2 thirds ; Shorthorns 8 firsts, 6 seconds, 1 thirds. 

It will be noted in the competition for Champions by ages there are eighty- 
seven possible prizes and the representation won by each breed for this competition 
by virtue of their winnings in the open district classes is as follows: Aberdeen- 
Angus represented in twenty-one classes, Herefords twenty-seven classes; Short- 
horns were entitled to twenty-four, but only showed in fifteen. While the Here- 
fords secured six more chances than the Aberdeen-Angus, the results show that 
Aberdeen-Angus won 1 4 firsts, 4 seconds, 4 thirds ; Herefords 1 1 firsts, 2 1 sec- 
onds, 1 7 thirds ; Shorthorns 5 firsts, 3 seconds, 5 thirds ; mixed 2 seconds, 1 third. 

While the deductions from the practical facts embodied in the foregoing table 
show clearly that the Aberdeen-Angus is superior, as a climax it is only necessary to 
add that out of ten possible Grand Championships offered for best carload Aber- 
deen-Angus have won seven times, Herefords twice and Shorthorns once. 

The foregoing account of sales of carload lots at auction shows that during 
a period of ten years the Aberdeen-Angus have made an average of 56 cents per 
cwt. more than the Herefords and 58 cents more than the Shorthorns. These 
figures obtained from such a practical source show the degree in which the doddie 
leads its rivals in establishing average top prices. 

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Photo by Courtesy of Bowles & Co. 
An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Missouri 
Champion Carload of Yearling Fat Steers at 1908 International Live Stock Exposition. 
Fed and Exhibited by W. C. White. Sold by Bowles & Co. for 13c Per Pound. 




An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Iowa. 

Grand Champion Carload Fat Steers at 1906 American Royal Live Stock Show. Kansas 

City Mo. Fed and Exhibited by the late Claus Krambeck. 

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CHUCK OF ABERDEEN-ANGUS STEER EXILIO 
Best Grand Champion Carcass of any Breed that has been Exhibited at International 

Live Stock Exposition. 




ROUND OF ABERDEEN-ANGUS STEER EXILIO 
Best Grand Champion Carcass of any Breed that has been Exhibited at International Live 

Stock Exposition. 



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Chicago International Live Stock Exposition 
Carcass Contest Awards 1 900-1 909 



Competition Open to Steers, Spayed or Martin Heifers 



Total 
Entries 



CLASS 



1900 
Aberdeen- Short- Here- 
Angus horn ford 
rating rating rating 
12345 123 123 



Gallo- 
way 
rating 
1 2 3 



Mixed 

rating 

12 3 4 5 



13 shown: 2 years and under 3. 
10 shown: 1 year and under 2. . 



Total 
Entries 



CLASS 



33 shown: 2 years and under 3. 
13 shown: 1 year and under 2.. 



.12000 000 003 000 00000 

.0 0000 100 023 000 0O0U0 

1901 
Aberdeen- 
Angus Shorthorn Hereford Galloway 
rating rating rating rating 
12345 12345 12345 12345 
.12300 00000 00000 00000 
.0 0000 10000 00300 02000 



Total 
Entries 



CLASS 



1902 

Aberdeen- Short- Here- 
Angus horn ford 
rating rating rating 

12 3 4 5 12 3 12 3 



Gallo- 
way 
rating 

1 2 3 



Mixed 
rating 

12 3 4 5 



5 shown : 2 years and under 3 . 
9 shown: I year and under 2. 



12000 000 000 000 0a3b4c5 
.10045 000 023 000 00000 



Ajersey-Guernsey. Bjersey-Holstein. cRed Poll. 



Total 
Entries 



CLASS 



10 shown: 2 years and under 3. 
5 shown: I year and under 2. 



1903 
Aberdeen 
Angus Shorthorn 

rating rating 

12 3 4 5 12 3 4 5 



Here- 
ford 
rating 
1 2 3 



Gallo- 
way 
rating 

12 3 4 



Mixed 
rating 

1 2 3 



.0 2305 00000 000 1004 000 
.12340 00005 000 0000 000 



Tolal 
Entries CLASS 

8 shown: 2 years and under 3. 
11 she 



1904 
Aberdeen- 
Angus 
rating 

I 2 3 

...1 2 3 



Shorthorn 
rating 

12 3 4 5 




1 year and under 2 03 02005 

*Hereford-Holstein. ARed Poll. BShorthorn-Galloway. 

1905 
Aberdeen- 
Total Angus Shorthorn 
Entries CLASS rating rating 

12 3 4 12 3 4 5 

7 shown : 2 years and under 3 1 034 00005 

6 shown: 1 year and under 2 1000 00000 

*Breed unknown. AShorthorn-Galloway. BRed Poll. 



Here- 
ford 

rating 

1 2 3 






Galloway 
rating 

12 3 4 

4 



Hereford 
rating 
12 3 4 

4 



way 
rating 
1 2 3 





Mixed 
rating 

12 3 4 5 

0*4a5 

b1 



Mixed 
rafting 

12 3 4 5 
0*2 
0*2a3 0b5 



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Total 
Entries 



CLASS 



1 3 shown : 2 years and under 3 . . . . 

1 4 shown : I year and under 2 

AMixed. *Galloway-Shorthorn. 



Total 
Entries 



CLASS 



1 5 shown : 2 years and under 3 . . 

1 6 shown : 1 year and under 2 

♦Polled Hereford. ARed Poll. 



1906 
Aberdeen- 
Angus 
rating 

12 3 4 5 
.12 3 4 5 
.00000 

1907 

Aberdeen- 
Angus 
rating 
12 3 4 5 
.12 4 5 
.12 4 



Total 
Entries 



CLASS 



13 shown: 2 years and under 3.. 

15 shown: 1 year and under 2... 

ARed Poll. *Hereford-Angus. 



1908 

Aberdeen- 
Angus 
rating 

12 3 4 5 
.02005 
.12 4 5 



Short- 
horn 
rating 

1 2 3 






Short- 
horn 
rating 
1 2 3 





Short- 
horn 
rating 

1 2 3 





Here- 
ford 
rating 

1 2 3 



1 2 



Gallo- 
way 
rating 

1 2 3 





Mixed 
rating 

12 3 4 5 

0*3 0a5 



Here- 
ford 

rating 
12 3 4 5 

5 



Gallo- 
way 
rating 

1 2 3 






Mixed 
rating 
1 2 3 
0a3 
0*3 



Here- Gallo- 



ford 
rating 
1 2 3 






way 
rating 
1 2 3 
1 




Mixed 
rating 

12 3 4 5 
3a4 
0*3 



Total 
Entries 



1909 



CLASS 



7 shown : two years and under 3 . 
14 shown: 1 year and under 2 



Aberdeen- 
Angus 
rating 

12 3 4 5 
.10 3 
.12 3 4 5 



Galloway 
rating 

12 3 4 5 
2 4 




Red Polled 

rating 
12 3 4 5 
5 




Grand Champion Carcass Awards 



Year 


Name 


Owner 


Rank on Foot 


Breed 


1900 


Sam 


M. F. Bunker 


None 


Grade Shorthorn 


1901 


Elm Park Lad 


Mich. Agricultural College 


Third 


Aberdeen- Angus 


1902 


Punch 


A. P. Grout 


None 


Grade Ab. -Angus 


1903 


College Lad 


Iowa State College 


Fifth 


Aberdeen- Angus 


1904 


Funk's Choice 


Funk Bros. 


Not shown 


Grade Ab.- Angus 


1905 


College Lad 


Iowa State College 


None 


A berdeen-A ngus 


1906 


Exilio 


C. J. Off 


Fifth 


Aberdeen- Angus 


1907 


Squire Good 


C. J. Taggart 


None 


Grade Ab.-Angus 


1908 


Ben H 


D. Bradfute & Son 


Fifth* 


Aberdeen- Angus 


1909 


La Preto 


University of Nebraska 


Third 


Aberdeen- Angus 



*Special class for carcass cattle. 



38 



Review of International Live Stock Exposition 
Carcass Contests 1 900- 1 909 

By WAYNE DINSMORE, Associate Professor of Animal Husbandry, Iowa 
Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa. 

A review of the carcass competition at the past ten International Live Stock 
Shows reveals the fact that Aberdeen-Angus cattle and their grades have won 
50 out of a possible 91 prizes. This is 54.9 per cent of all money prizes offered. 
They have also won nine out of the ten championships for dressed carcasses. 

The detailed record in foregoing shows that out o* the 50 winners, 29 were 
two-year-olds and 21 yearlings. Twenty-three were pure-bred and 27 were grades. 
The 1908 third prize yearling winner was a Hereford-Angus heifer, so that all 
the yearlings in the 1 908 prize list carried Aberdeen-Angus blood. The cross-bred, 
however, is not listed in the 50. 

The Grand Champion carcasses for the ten International Shows are listed in 
the foregoing table and facts concerning each given. 

The facts given establish the right of the Aberdeen-Angus to premier place 
on the hooks so far as the International carcass contests show; and the beef house 
experts of Packingtown appear to consider that the record made by the Aberdeen- 
Angus in the carcass contests does not materially exceed their daily performance 
on the block. 

Beef animals to meet with general favor from packers and retail butchers 
must dress out a good percentage, supply reasonably fine grained meat, hang up 
carcasses of good "shape" and carry a high percentage of lean meat, with enough 
fat to give tenderness, juiciness and flavor to the meat, but must not carry too 
much fat, or uneven fat covering. These are the essentials and all beef animals 
are measured as carcass producers by their excellence in the requirements named. 

Claims are sometimes made that the Aberdeen-Angus excel all other beef 
breeds in all these respects, but from the standpoint of a non-partisan observer such 
broad assertions do not appear justified. 

The dressing per cent made by the grade and pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus en- 
tered in the carcass test of 1906 and 1907, was 64.97 per cent for the yearlings 
and 65.48 per cent for two-year-olds, while the representatives of other breeds aver- 
aged 64.32 per cent for yearlings and 64.3 per cent for the two-year-olds. This 
shows a slight advantage in dressing percentage, but the difference is so slight that it 
is not safe to assume that the breed has in this any positive advantage over other beef 
breeds. 

In fineness of grain, figures are not available. The breed representatives have 
shown up well in this respect but, in the judgment of the writer, cannot be given 
any advantage over equally well bred Shorthorn or Hereford cattle of equal 
age, breeding and finish. 

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"Shape" or "proportion" of carcass is closely watched by retail butchers. 
Carcasses that are light in bone, close coupled, thick in valuable parts and light in 
the cheap cuts, such as navel, chuck and neck, are preferred The breed repre- 
sentatives have averaged well in this respect, and yet it is very doubtful whether 
any advantage over other beef breeds can be claimed for the breed on this score. 
Beef experts, inspecting the carcasses before they were ribbed, without knowledge of 
the breed represented by the various carcasses, have picked well bred cattle of other 
breeds as likely winners quite as often as they have selected the carcasses from 
Aberdeen-Angus cattle. This indicates that so far as shape of carcass is con- 
cerned, the breed can be considered equal, though not superior, to other beef cattle 
of good breeding. 

On three of the four essential carcass requirements, therefore, the Aberdeen- 
Angus cattle have no distinct superiority though these advantages are oftentimes 
claimed for them. The elimination of these three points leaves but one to con- 
sider, and it is on this last point that the Aberdeen-Angus doddies have scored 
their carcass victories. 

The last requirement is a high per cent of lean meat, with enough fat marbled 
through the lean to give juiciness, tenderness and flavor, without excessive outside 
fat. Meat of this kind is always in demand among consumers. It is not plentiful 
on the markets. Most of the beef sold is too lean. Such meat has no marbling of 
fat, very little outside fat, and is dry, tough and lacking in flavor when cooked. 
Of the beef that is well marbled, altogether too much is wasteful in outside fat. 
This is not wanted by American consumers. They desire bright red meat that is 
fine grained and well marbled, but do not wish to pay for an inch and a half or 
more of outside fat, to secure the kind of meat they like. Some carcasses will show 
an inch of external fat, yet show very little mixture of fat through the lean. Others 
with no more external fat, will be well marbled. So far as the writer knows, this 
difference cannot be ascribed to the feed, for while certain feeds will produce firmer 
flesh and whiter fat than others, no evidence has yet been produced to show that 
certain feeds will cause fat to be mixed with the lean instead of tending to be laid 
on externally. 

It is quite probable that many carcasses showing excellent marbling, but too 
much outside fat, have been overdone by too l:ng continued feeding. Had slaugh- 
tering been done earlier the carcass migl t have cut well marbled without waste. 
There is little doubt but that this was the case with the Escher steer shown in the 
1 908 carcass tests. 

Despite this, the fact remains that two carcasses showing the right amount of 
external fat covering, may be practically equal in all respects save marbling, but 
while one is well marbled the other is not. This indicates that one animal mixes 
the fat throughout the lean before building up any considerable amount of outside 
fat, while in the other opposite tendencies prevail. This Has been known to occur 
in animals that have received identical feed and treatment, and for this reason it 

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seems clear that the tendency to marble the lean is due chiefly to the breeding of 
the individual animal. 

In the judgment of the writer the long list of carcass victories credited to the 
blacks from Aberdeen is due almost entirely to their superiority in this last essential 
carcass reauirement. Some of the winners have not been as well marbled as they 
should have been, but on the average they have excelled their competitors in desired 
proportion and distribution of fat to lean. The most experienced men in the Chi- 
cago beef trade have given this advantage to the carcasses of Aberdeen-Angus cat- 
tle, without knowing what breed they represented. This does not mean in all 
cases ; but it does mean that the majority of carcasses rated high on this point have 
been those furnished by "Doddie" blood. This characteristic makes their carcasses 
prime favorites with butchers who cater to the families of well-to-do people and is 
responsible for their popularity in packing house circles. 

The present excellence in killing qualities possessed by the breed, should not 
blind its advocates to the fact that there are good and poor carcass beasts within 
the breed. Some Aberdeen-Angus cattle possess the characteristic tendency to 
marble lean with fat and others do not. The same thing is true of our other beef 
breeds. At present the blackskins average above the other breeds in this, but their 
lead can be very easily cut down if concerted effort is made by the breeders of 
other beef cattle, in the absence of such effort on the part of Aberdeen-Angus 
breeders. No man living can tell with certainty what lies beneath the skin of a 
ripened bullock. The only accurate n.easure of a bull's value as a beef producer 
is to be found in the steers he sires, and these tested on the block. 

The time will come when meat producers will test their sires through the appli- 
cation of the block test to their progeny with as much care and thoroughness as 
dairy cattle breeders now test their breeding stock through the medium of the 
Babcock test. 

The commercial side of the dairy industry has received thorough investigation 
through the creameries at every experiment station in the United States. The com- 
mercial side of meat production as it affects the producer, has been wholly neglected. 
The establishment of experimental slaughtering plants at the various experiment 
stations, to test the influence of feeding and breeding on meat production, would 
do more to advance the meat producing industry than anything else that could 
be done at the present time. The man who is producing market stock can be 
more effectively and quickly convinced of the value of a well-bred sire by actual 
killing tests showing the superiority of the progeny of such a sire than in any other 
way. Such definite, positive data on the value of good blood, issued in detailed 
form by a state experiment station will hasten the passing of the scrub, and in- 
crease the demand for good animals many fold. Every breed association registering 
meat-producing animals should urge the establishment of such work and no breed 
can more fittingly lead in such movement than the breed that has won chief honors 
in the International carcass contests. 

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MY CHOICE 

An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Iowa. 

Grand Champion Fat Steer over all Breeds in 1908 at Inter-State Fair, Sioux City, Iowa; 

Inter-State Live Stock Show, South St. Joseph, Mo., and Iowa State Fair, 1909. 

Fed and Exhibited by W. J. Miller. 




An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Colorado. 

Grand Champion Carload of Feeders over all Breeds at 1910 "Western Stock Show, Denver, 

Colo. Bred and Exhibited by George F. Lucore. Sold by Clay, Robinson & 

Co. for $8.00 Per Cwt., World's Record Price. 



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VICTOR 

An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Iowa. 

1910 Grand Champion Fat Steer over all Breeds at National Feeders and Breeders Show. 

Fort Worth, Texas. Bred, Fed and Exhibited by W. J. Miller. 




An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Colorado. 

Grand Champion Carload Fat Steers over all Breeds at 1908 Western Stock Show, Denver, 

Colo. Fed and Exhibited by H. W. Moore. 

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So. St. Joseph Inter-State Live Stock Show Awards 

(This Show was instituted in 1906.) 

Grades and Cross- Breds 

Competition Limited to Steers, Spayed or Martin Heifers 

1906 

Aberdeen- Short- Here- Gallo- 

Total Angus horn ford way 

Entries CLASS rating rating rating rating 

123 123 123 123 

Not given: 2 years and under 3 020 003 100 000 

Not given: 1 year and under 2 100 020 003 000 

Not given: under 1 year 20 003 100 000 

Grand champion steer of the show Aberdeen- Angus. 

1907 

123 123 123 123 

Not given: 2 years and under 3 00 010 023 000 

Not given: 1 year and under 2 00 020 103 000 

Not given: under 1 year 100 003 020 000 

Grand champion steer of the show Shorthorn. 

1908 

123 123 123 12 3 

Not given : 2 years and under 3 100 003 020 000 

Not given : 1 year and under 2 100 020 003 000 

Not given: under 1 year 03 100 000 020 

Grand champion steer of the show Aberdeen- Angus 

1909 

123 123 123 123 

Not given: 2 years and under 3 120 000 003 000 

Not given: 1 year and under 2 120 000 000 003 

Not given: under 1 year 03 000 120 000 

Grand champion steer of the show Shorthorn. 
Reserve grand champion Grade Aberdeen-Angus. 



Fat Carload Division 



1908 

Aberdeen- Short- 
Total Angus horn 
Entries CLASS rating rating 

12 3 12 3 

Not given: 3 years and over 003 02 

Not given : 2 years and under 3 1 00 000 

Not given: I year and under 2 000 1 00 

*Mixed Hereford-Shorthorn. 

Grand champion fat carload of the show Aberdeen-Angus. 

1909 

kt • 12 3 12 3 

Not given : 3 years and over 000 000 

Not given: 2 years and under 3 02 1 00 

Not given : 1 year and under 2 ] 2 3 000 

Grand champion fat carload of the show Herefords. 

Champion carload of feeders Aberdeen-Angus. 

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Here- 


Gallo- 




ford 


way 


Mixed 


rating 


rating 


rating 


1 2 3 


1 2 3 


1 2 3 








*l 


2 3 








2 









12 3 12 3 12 3 

123 000 000 

003 000 000 

000 000 000 



Iowa State Fairs 1895-1905 

Grand Champion Beef Herd Awards 

BREED NAME OF EXHIBITOR 

1895 Aberdeen-Angus W. A. McHenry, Denison, Iowa. 

1896 Aberdeen-Angus Wallace Estill, Estill, Mo. 

1897 Hereford Jas. A. Funkhouser, Plattsburg, Mo. 

1898 No Fair Held 

1899 Shorthorn T. J. Wornall, Mosby, Mo. 

1900 Shorthorn T. J. Wornall, Mosby, Mo. 

1901 Aberdeen-Angus W. A. McHenry, Denison, Iowa. 

1902 Shorthorn G. M. Casey, Clinton, Mo. 

1903 Aberdeen-Angus C. H. Gardner, Blandinsville, III. 

1904 Aberdeen-Angus C. J. Martin, Churdan, Iowa. 

1905 Hereford Cargill & McMillan, LaCrosse, Wis. 

Inter-State Fair, Sioux City, Iowa 

Grand Champion Awards on Single Steer and Steer Herd, 1905-1909 

(Awards, if any, of 1903 and 1904 could not be obtained) 

GRAND CHAMPION SINGLE STEER GRAND CHAMPION STEER HERD 

BREED BREED 

1905 Aberdeen- Anlus Aberdeen- Angus 

1906 Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen- Angus 

1907 Shorthorn Shorthorn 

1908 Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen-Angus 

1909 Aberdeen- Angus Aberdeen- Angus 
1909 Grand Champion Fat Carload Lot Aberdeen-Angus. 

American Royal Live Stock Show,KansasCity,Mo. 

In 1906 Aberdeen- Angus won Grand Championship for Fat Carload Lot, only inter-breed 
competition the show has furnished. 

Western Stock Show, Denver, Colorado 

Grand Champion Awards on Single Steer and Fat Carload Lot, 1 906- 1910 





GRAND CHAMPION 


SINGLE 


STEER 


GRAND CHAMPION CARLOAD LOT 




BREED 






BREED 


1906 


Shorthorn 






Shorthorn 


1907 


Aberdeen- Angus 






Shorthorn 


1908 


Hereford 






A berdeen-A ngus 


1909 


Aberdeen- Angus 






Hereford 


1910 


Shorthorn 






Hereford 



1909 Grand Champion steer herd, Aberdeen- Angus. 

1910 Grand Champion carload of feeders, Aberdeen-Angus. 

Fort Worth National Show, Fort Worth, Texas 

Grand Champion Awards on Single Steer and Fat Carload Lot, 1905-1910 

(No Aberdeen- Angus shown prior to 1905) 

GRAND CHAMPION SINGLE STEER GRAND CHAMPION CARLOAD LOT 

BREED BREED 

1905 Hereford Shorthorn 

1906 Hereford Aberdeen-Angus 

1907 Shorthorn Aberdeen-Angus 

1908 Hereford Hereford 

1909 Shorthorn Aberdeen-Angus 

1910 Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen-Angus 

At the greatest Canadian Fat Stock Show held in Eastern Canada, at Guelph, Ontario, 
an Aberdeen-Angus steer won Grand Championship over all breeds in 1908. 

At the greatest Canadian Fat Stock Show held in Western Canada, at Brandon, Manitoba, 
Aberdeen-Angus won Grand Championship for single steer and Grand Championship for steer 
herd over all breeds in 1910. 

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GLENCARNOCK STYLE 

1910 Grand Champion Steer over all Breeds at Manitoba Winter Pair, Brandon, Manitoba, 

Canada. Bred, Fed and Exhibited by Jas. D. McGregor. 




An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Western Canada. 
Bred, Fed and Exhibited in 1910 by Jas. D. McGregor, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. 



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Aberdeen- Angus Cattle On the Range 

By GEORGE FINDLAY, of the X. I. T. Ranches. 

Aberdeen-Angus cattle are not without a record in the United States under 
grazing conditions as they have existed and exist now beyond the Missouri River. 
The breed has been tried out in more than one section and in every instance the 
performance was satisfactory in every respect to those whose money was involved. 
My own experience with these cattle has, however, been on what are popularly 
known as the X. I. T. Ranches in Texas, owned by the Capitol Syndicate. 

Up to and including 1 892 there were purchased for the X. I. T. ranges, not 
far from 5,000 bulls, of which Aberdeen-Angus comprised not quite 14 per cent, 
Herefords about 50 per cent, and Shorthorns not quite 30 per cent. The small 
proportion of Aberdeen-Angus was due to the fact that until a few years previous 
it was a breed comparatively unknown in this country. Its numbers were incon- 
siderable and bulls were hard to get, selling at much higher figures than those of 
any other breed. The owners and managers of the property were favorably dis- 
posed toward the breed and have continued in that attitude. 

Originally the X. I. T. Ranch comprised 3,000,000 acres of land in the 
Panhandle of Texas. The cattle with which it was stocked came largely from 
the country tributary to the Texas & Pacific Railway and were of better average 
quality than those common to the country. About the early nineties most of the 
bulls purchased were pure-breds, and after 1 892, nothing but pure-breds were 
bought. The range, averaging about 200 miles north and south and 25 miles 
east and west, and being all fenced and cross-fenced, offered good opportunities to 
test the three breeds under practically similar conditions and, after a few years, 
the pastures in which each was kept began to show the respective breed character- 
istics. Every year, by careful selection of breeding bulls and careful culling of 
undesirable females — undesirable owing to color or quality — the herds rapidly 
assumed, to all appearances, the quality and character of pure-breds. When 
this experiment was begun the Shorthorn breed was well known by reputation in 
the Southwest. They had been tried previously in the section from which the 
foundation she stock had been purchased and their reputation at that time was, 
whether deserved or undeserved, that they were good cattle, but not sufficiently 
hardy for the climate of the Texas Panhandle. At that time Herefords were be- 
ing introduced and had no prejudice to contend with, as few of the people there 
knew anything about them as ranging cattle. They were readily adopted by 

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ranchmen seeking something to improve their herds and were extensively intro- 
duced into the Panhandle. The Aberdeen-Angus came in after the Herefords, 
but at this time they were few in number in the United States and it was im- 
possible to secure them to the number required at prices range men could afford to 
pay. Herefords were being pushed by a coterie of breeders exultant over con- 
flicts from which they had emerged with Shorthorn sponsors and were claiming 
"the earth and the fullness thereof" for their breed. As nothing succeeds like 
success, the Herefords soon became the dominant breed in the Panhandle. It was 
diligently published by interests antagonistic to the Aberdeen-Angus, and actuated 
either by ignorance or jealousy of the breed, that it was not suitable for range 
purposes, that the bulls would bunch together and stay away from the she cattle, 
consequently they did not get the percentage of calves possible with bulls of othsr 
breeds. Allegation was also made that the stock they did get did not exhibit 
sufficient improvement and that they could not stand the heat of summer or the 
rigors of winter. Thus it will be seen that the Aberdeen-Angus came into that 
territory at a rather unpropitious time and had to fight against ignorance, prejudice 
and jealousy for its foothold there. 

These sentiments were not lacking on the X. I. T. Ranch, but after the 
adoption of the three breeds each was given a fair trial and the result there dem- 
onstrated that no breed was better adapted to range conditions than the Aberdeen- 
Angus. They proved themselves prolific, hardy, good rustlers, early maturers 
and good sellers, the steers of this breed being usually the first to be sold off the 
range and invariably commanding a premium over the others. 

With these results it is logical that as the land comprising the ranch was sold 
off, over 2,000,000 of the original 3,000,000 acres having now been disposed 
of to Northern farmers, necessitated selling cattle also, the owners decided to 
close out the other breeds and retain the Aberdeen-Angus herd. At the present 
lime that range carries no breeding cattle of any other breed. This policy, shaped 
after probably better facilities for testing the breeds than have ever been afforded 
anywhere else, speaks more for the mer ts of Aberdeen-Angus cattle as a range 
breed than columns of theory and argument. Had the Aberdeen-Angus not given 
satisfactory results, they would have been the first to go. Actual results furnished 
convincing evidence that there is absolutely nothing to the claim that Aberdeen-Angus 
are poor breeders on the range. In 1 889 there were practically the same number 
of cows in the Alamositas X. I. T. pasture, in which Aberdeen-Angus bulls were 
placed, as in the Minneosa pasture where Hereford bulls were used. In 1 890 
the calves branded in the Alamositas pasture numbered 3,064, those in the Min- 
neosa pasture 2,688, and there were branded in the pasture in which black bulls 
were kept during the years immediately following a greater number of calves than 
in the other pastures. 

Satisfactory results were also reached with Aberdeen-Angus cattle in Mon- 
tana, where they grazed on open range and among X. I. T. owners and man- 

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agers there exists no doubt regarding the fecundity of black bulls. Mr. A. G. 
Boyce, manager of the Texas ranch, reporting on the best results, said: "The 
more I see of the black cattle the more I like them and think they are the cattle 
for this country." 

It may be of interest to those seeking information regarding Aberdeen-Angus 

cattle on the range to know that we have always considered steers of this breed 

both as feeders and beeves — the quickest and best sellers, and when time and 
conditions permit, we have always found it to our advantage to ship Aberdeen- 
Angus beeves by themselves, as there seemed to be a wider market for them at 
the stock yards and they have almost invariably realized better prices than the 
others. Probably 75 per cent of all the fat steers reaching market nowadays are 
without horns. Even on the ranges many dehorn their bulls. This dehorning 
practice is one of the strongest tributes to the value of the polled character of the 
Aberdeen-Angus that can be conceived. 

Ticks Do Not Worry Them. 

J. M. Cardwell, a prominent Texas cattle breeder, advances one reason why 
the Aberdeen-Angus breed is popular below the quarantine line. In an interview 
with him recently the San Antonio Express said: 

"J. M. Cardwell, the well-known breeder of black muley cattle of Lockharl. 
is in the city and spent an hour or so yesterday around at live stock headquarters 
to get the straight dope from those who know all about it, and incidentally to discuss 
live stock conditions. He is an enthusiastic admirer of the Aberdeen-Angus cattle, 
and very emphatic in the declaration that the reason the 'doddies' manage to walk 
off with nearly all the blue ribbons at the live stock shows is that they are the best 
cattle. 'There is nothing in the theory that they are not sure breeders,' said he, 
'for if they weren't nobody would raise them. Besides this they are better rustlers 
and are bothered less by the tick than the other breeds. I sold a calf not long ago 
that weighed a little over 500 pounds and I haven't heard of anybody doing any 
better than that. The beef business of the future in Texas must be done by the 
farmers for the range proposition is fast passing. When a man's pasture now is 
subjected to a drought he is compelled to make the best of it, for there is no sur- 
plus range for lease to which he can move them. I predict that the Angus steer 
will be a great favorite in Texas for all time to come." 



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BOOTHROYD 

An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Colorado 

1909 Grand Champion Fat Steer over all Breeds at Western Stock Show, Denver, Colorado. 

Fed and Exhibited by H. W. Moore. Sold by Clay, Robinson & Co. for 20c Per Pound. 




An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Texas and Oklahoma,. 

1910 Grand Champion Carload of Fat Steers over all Breeds at National Feeders and Breeders 

Show, Fort Worth, Texas. Fed and Exhibited by H. B. Johnson. 

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Pure Bred Cattle Sal 



ales 



Comparative Averages of American Public Sale Prices for Ten Years, 
Reported by Breeder's Gazette, 1900-1909 



as 



1909 



1908 



NAME OF BREED ^Of 

Aberdeen- Angus 18 

Hereford 25 

Shorthorn 78 

Galloway 2 

Polled Durham 2 

Red Poll 3 



NAME OF BREED ^'^^ 

Sales 

Aberdeen-Angus 18 

Hereford 29 

Shorthorn 84 

Galloway 3 

Polled Durham 3 

Red Poll 3 



NAME OF BREED ^l 0- . ° f 

Sales 

Aberdeen-Angus 22 

Hereford 24 

Shorthorn 82 

Galloway 5 

Polled Durham I 

Red Poll 3 



NAME OF BREED S^'les^ 

Aberdeen-Angus 14 

Hereford 30 

Shorthorn 89 

Galloway 3 

Polled Durham 8 

Red Poll I 



NAME OF BREED ^Sale's 

Aberdeen-Angus 15 

Hereford 32 

Shorthorn 101 

Galloway 2 

Polled Durham 8 

Red Poll 2 





Average 


No. of 




Average 


No. Sold. 


Price. 


Sales 


No. Sold. 


Price. 


935 


$189.00 


18 


955 


$165.10 


1398 


127.05 


15 


936 


116.15 


3308 


159.00 


59 


2689 


146.50 


69 


128.05 


3 


136 


84.50 


79 


129.45 


6 


244 


124.50 


35 


97.80 


1 


3 


50.00 


1907 






1906 






Average 


No. of 




Average 


No. Sold. 


Price. 


Sales 


No. Sold. 


Price. 


1119 


$134.75 


25 


1259 


$154.90 


1358 


123.70 


21 


1122 


121.15 


3608 


160.15 


95 


4210 


144.90 


123 


139.05 


1 


49 


108.85 


106 


130.35 


3 


81 


143.40 


7 


83.65 


1 


30 


121.00 


1905 






1904 






Average 


No. of 




Average 


No. Sold. 


Price. 


Sales 


No. Sold. 


Price. 


1084 


$130.35 


21 


932 


$132.80 


1179 


115.35 


28 


1481 


117.10 


3512 


139.75 


65 


2755 


101.25 


190 


103.85 


3 


133 


143.55 


34 


231.75 


7 


286 


100.00 


94 


109.80 


1 


48 


70.00 


1903 






1902 






Average 


No. of 




Average 


No. Sold. 


Price 


Sales 


No. Sold. 


Price. 


1041 


$220.15 


17 


1065 


$259:80 


2029 


172.50 


31 


2597 


265.70 


4474 


174.15 


120 


6152 


260.40 


161 


116.10 


3 


206 


185.15 


282 


155.55 


5 


159 


221.95 


22 


145.00 


2 


149 


248.00 


1901 






1900 






Average 


No. of 




Average 


No. Sold. 


Price. 


Sales 


No. Sold. 


Price. 


894 


$277.45 


8 


541 


$288.00 


1885 


240.80 


21 


1849 


271.68 


4045 


280.90 


49 


2628 


225.37 


68 


207.55 


3 


195 


169.44 


243 


216.55 


3 


81 


241.42 


79 


230.50 









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Recapitulation of American Fat Stock Shows 

A comprehensive review of the foregoing pages gives a concise, accurate sur- 
vey of the beef cattle industry in general and the results and progress of the leading 
recognized pure-bred beef breeds in particular, in America. A careful study of 
the results of American Shows for the past ten years should convince every cattle- 
man that the Aberdeen-Angus breed is justly entitled to the honor of being 
termed the Premier Beef Breed. 

With the axioms set forth in the foregoing tables supplemented by the un- 
biased opinions of such able authorities on the various phases of the cattle industry 
as James Brown, Patrick J. O'Neiil, Henry Du Plan, James E. Poole, George 
Findlay and Prof. Wayne Dinsmore, the editor feels it is useless to burden these 
pages with more elaboration, because the field has been covered thoroughly, the 
merits of all the rival beef breeds justly considered and the supremacy of the Aber- 
deen-Angus accurately and sufficiently established. 

The average market top prices established in the past by Aberdeen-Angus 
at International and other leading Shows, especially the 1 909 prices, clearly and 
very forcibly demonstrate the degree in which the doddie leads all other breeds. 
The Aberdeen-Angus hold the record for top prices by a margin of 56 
cents per cwt. covering a pericd of ten years. A glance at the table of prices of 
breeding animals on page 5 1 as reported in Breeder's Gazette shews a uni- 
formly higher average has been maintained by Aberdeen-Angus breeding animals. 

This is an age of progress and it can be truly said of the Aberdeen-Angus 
breed that it is keeping pace with the rapid development of agriculture. The 
sphere of Aberdeen-Angus cattle operations has been greatly enlarged the past few 
years. In addition to the unequaled laurels the breed has won at International 
Live Stock Exposition, Chicago, and its growth in popularity in the leading corn- 
belt states, the breed has conclusively demonstrated its ability to adapt itself to every 
condition that has been found in the various cattle districts of America. The breed 
has been decidedly in the minority in the range country and prejudice has existed in 
the West and Southwest in extreme form among the zealous advocates of the rival 
beef breeds since Aberdeen-Angus were first imported and introduced on the cattle 
plains west of the Missouri River. 

The substantial manner in which the breed has popularized and fortified itself 
in the mest fertile cornbelt states is borne out by the records of the Aberdeen- 
Angus Association and the daily receipts of the leading markets. The dissemination 
of the breed and its rapid growth on the ranges of the North, West and Southwest 
have been forcibly illustrated to the public by the achievements of the breed at Win- 
ter Fair, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada; Western Stock Show, Denver, Colo.; and 
National Breeders & Feeders Show, Fort Worth, Texas. Since the Aberdeen- 
Angus breed has been exhibited in the West and range country, it has been greatly 
in the minority; nevertheless, it has won the Single Fat Steer, Fat Carload Lot, 
Feeder Carload Lot and Carcass, etc., Championship honors a greater number of 

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times than any other breed. This is a feat worthy of careful consideration by range 
men because these Shows have been conducted along practical lines, thus their 
results are entirely practical. 

This is not only an age of progress in this country, but of expansion that has 
scarcely ever been approached during the history of any other country. So great 
has the expansion of agriculture along agronomy lines been that theie has been a 
natural lack of enthusiasm among cattlemen and farmers and consequently the 
cattle supply has gradually been reduced to an alarmin? point. The pronounced 
shortage of cattle in evidence presents a serious problem for farmers and cattlemen to 
work cut. The universal superior merits c f the Aberdeen-Angus breed give it a cov- 
eted position of prestige, thus it behooves every Aberdeen-Angus advocate at this 
particular time to lend his enthusiastic efforts in order that the doddie may accom- 
plish greater achievements. 

This country has been a constant importer from Great Britain since the 
introduction of the breed in 1873, thus it is very interesting to note that the 
breeders of the United States at present are not only liberal importers, but also 
exporters to South America and Canada. Although the Canadian trade is merely 
in its infancy, nevertheless it is firmly established and rives promise of growing to 
considerable proportions in the near future. Although the range country and 
foreign countries continue to furnish an increased demand for the surplus of pure- 
bred herds, the central Cornbelt States, which can be correctly termed the hub of 
the cattle industry of America, will continue to be the principal breeding and 
feeding ground. The price beef is now selling for and the assurance by conditions 
that prices will continue more steady and as favorable and in all probability become 
more favorable under improved methods of feeding, make it logical to predict that 
cornbelt farmers will soon be giving much of their attention to breeding and 
feeding beef animals on their high-priced land. Every indication points toward 
greater activity and success in beef production on high-priced land in the corn- 
belt. Beef production on high-priced land has been a success in Great Britain, 
thus there is every reason to believe it can be made successful in a much larger 
measure and scale in this country. 

The population of this country is constantly on the increase and the demand 
for beef becomes greater every year. The constant change from careless, slip- 
shod methods of farming to a systematic, intensive form presents a very favorable 
condition for the Aberdeen-Angus breed because it not only thrives under rather 
adverse conditions, but responds most favorably to those intensive and ideal. Every 
condition is ripe for an unprecedented revival in the beef cattle business, and the 
foregoing pages set forth the overwhelming evidence the Aberdeen-Angus breed has 
in its favor and the manner and degree in which it leads all other breeds in the 
production of high-class beef, thus it behooves every Aberdeen-Angus breeder or 
advocate to exploit the superior merits of the famous market-toppeis (Aberdeen- 
Angus) to every cattleman and farmer in the country. 

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Results of British Fat Stock Shows 



Held at 

London, England 
Birmingham, England 
Edinburgh, Scotland 
Aberdeen, Scotland 
Dublin, Ireland 



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VIOLET 3d OF CONGASH. 
Breeding Matron, Grand Champion Cow of Great Britain, 1909. Imported in 1910 and owned 

by Jas. D. McGregor. 




TWO-YEAR-OLD BREEDING HEIFER 
Imported in 1910 and owned by James D. McGregor. 



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Introduction 



A section of this pamphlet has been devoted to the principal Fal Stock Shows 
of the British Isles for the purpose of presenting the results of the past decade in 
simple, concise and accurate form, and incidentally to show the material growth and 
advancement the Aberdeen-Angus breed has made in its native land. 

Every American cattleman that has handled beef cattle fully realizes how much 
the Britons have contributed to Americans and other peoples by their practical and 
scientific work in the production of animals that have made the cattle industry of 
this country the greatest in the world, and one of the chief sources of America's 
agricultural wealth. 

A study of the history of the breeds in the British Isles reveals the fact that 
the Shorthorn interests were stimulated at an early date and swept over, even the 
habitat of the Aberdeen-Angus. The Watsons, McCombie, Sir George McPherson 
Grant and the stanch pioneer promoters of the Aberdeen-Angus breed, gave it such 
an impetus about the middle and latter part of the past century, that the tide of 
progress of the Aberdeen-Angus breed has swept far beyond the borders of the 
British Isles. We must confine these brief remarks, however, to Scotland, England 
and Ireland. A half or even a quarter of a century ago, Aberdeen-Angus interests 
were chiefly confined to Northeast Scotland. S nee the merits of the breeed have 
become universally known it has forged its way into the South of England, leaving, 
as it were, a path of permanent black beasts the entire length and breadth of the 
United Kingdom. There has also been a steady migration of Aberdeen-Angus 
to Ireland. This keen demand has been especially noticeable during the past decade 
and has greatly curtailed the operations of Americans. 

The Shorthorns have been the strongest rivals the Aberdeen- Angus have had 
to contend with in every part of the British Isles, but after a perusal of the following 
tables it must be admitted the Aberdeen-Angus have outstripped the Shorthorns. 

The Hereford is a conspicuous rival of the Aberdeen-Angus in America, but 
does not furnish much competition or win many prizes when pitted against the Aber- 
deen-Angus and its crosses in the British Isles. From the Breeder's Gazette of May 
5, 1909, we quote in part an article entitled "British Markets and American Meat," 
written by A. T. Matthews, England, whose opinion can be regarded as unbiased. 
"In England the Aberdeen-Angus bred and fed in Scotland is regarded as the 
perfection of beef, then comes the Devon, but Shorthorns are good enough if really 
well bred. The term Shorthorn, however, is very loosely used, and is often applied 
indiscriminately to pedigree cattle and mongrels of Shorthorn character." 

In connection with British shows we also give the reviews of 1 909 as they 
were published by the Banffshire Journal and Live Sioclf Journal Almanac, which, 
we believe, studied in connection with tables, forms a recapitulation of points that 
should suffice to enlighten every cattleman of the progress the beef breeds have 
made in Great Britain and Ireland. 

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Beef Producing Qualities of 
Aberdeen-Angus Cattle 

By J. J. CRIDLAN, President of the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society of Great 

Britain. 

{From Live Stock Journal Almanac.) 

At the time when beef is making high prices and giving remunerative results 
to the breeder and feeder, it may not be deemed amiss to examine the grounds 
upon which the pre-eminence of Aberdeen-Angus cattle as beef-producers is based- 
Why do these cattle make a higher price per lb. in the market than any other 
breed, and even in a dull trade are the first sold? Because the butcher, by 
practical experience, finds they contain the maximum of prime meat to the 
minimum of coarse, and when roastings of the best quality are making Is. Id. 
(26 cents) per lb. first-hand in the Smithfield market, and clods and stickings 
and timber, viz., legs and shins, are making only 2d. (4 cents) to 3d. (6 cents) 
per lb., as they are now, it behooves the butcher to seek the animal which more 
nearly approaches the ideal than others. Meat traders, after continuous exper- 
ience with all breeds of cattle, are unanimous in awarding the palm to the Aber- 
deen-Angus; short of leg, small in the bone, deep in flesh, of a fine and mellow- 
grain throughout, with well-rounded hooks and buttocks, it is undoubtedly the 
best type of what a beef-producing animal should be. Even its coarse parts are 
more valuable than those of other breeds; the flanks and briskets have greater 
depth of flesh, and are interspersed with less wasteful fat and gristle, and con- 
sequently give greater satisfaction to the customer for whom the butcher has to 
cater. I remember well last year, after witnessing the parade of cattle at the 
Royal Show, one of the most prominent judges of Hereford cattle remarked on 
the magnificent display of Aberdeen-Angus cattle. He said: "How do you get 
them so level and smooth? Do you plane them?" This levelness is one of the 
most valuable characteristics of the breed — they are free from patchiness. The 
fat acquired covers the meat smoothly, and where it is best required; one might 
almost term the breed students of economy. The nearest approach in quality to 
the Aberdeen-Angus is the Devon, but it lacks the depth of flesh of its rival. 

I daresay some sceptics may think this opinion a biased one, because I am a 
breeder of Aberdeen-Angus cattle. But why am I an Aberdeen-Angus breeder? 
As a young man farming in Worcestershire, I was brought up amongst Herefords 
and Shorthorns, and my idea and goal then was to possess a herd of either. It 

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was only in later years I, by experience with all breeds of cattle, became con- 
vinced of the superlative merits of the Doddie. But the opinion I give is not 
unique; it is founded on fact, and upheld at all the beef-producing centres of 
the world by experts who deal in it. Noted for its early maturity, its hardiness 
and prepotency, it responds quickly and gratefully when up for feeding. As an 
example of early maturity, one easily calls to mind the grand yearling ox that 
was reserve to the best beast under two years old at the Smithfield Club Show «n 
1 908, bred and exhibited by Col. Mclnroy, The Burn, Edzell ; reserve champion 
also of the Scottish National show, which at one year eleven months scaled 
the substantial weight of 14 cwt., 1 1 lbs. (1568 lbs.) Another giand specimen 
of the breed was Luxury, bred and exhibited by Dr. Clement Stephenson, awarded 
the Birmingham and Smithfield Championships in 1885. Her live weight was 
15 cwt., 1 qr., 6 lbs. (1714 lbs.) at the age of two years eight months; her 
dressed dead weight of meat was 1318 lbs., showing the marvelous percentage of 
76%, and one, I may say, unparalleled. 

A correspondent of mine in New South Wales informs me that it is hardier 
than any other breed on the high ranges, and gets a living and thrives where 
"Shorthorns and other breeds starve," a merit of much value to owners of vast 
quantities of steers, etc., one of whom possesses over 70,000 of these cattle, and, 
after trying other breeds, asseverates they are unrivalled. Another remarkable in- 
stance of the effect and prepotency of the Aberdeen-Angus bull as a beef-producer 
was the fine steer that was awarded the £25 cup for the best beast under two 
years old, beating Col. Mclnroy's grand steer; the cross-bred Aberdeen-Angus- 
Shorthorn exhibited by Mr. Hudson at 1 year, 1 1 months, 1 5 days, which 
tipped the beam at 15 cwt., 3 qrs., 10 lbs. (1774 lbs.) Is this not an object 
lesson for our courteous friends the Argentine breeders, to take to heart if they want 
to secure the good will of Smithfield importers and enrich themselves? 

Look up the Aberdeen-Angus records of the Smithfield Club Show for 
the past ten years. In competition with all others this breed has won four cham- 
pionships, and a cross-bred Shorthorn-Aberdeen-Angus one. The runner-up or 
reserve animal was an Aberdeen-Angus on four occasions, and had Polled blood in 
its veins on five. 

Next let us review the carcase competitions of this great show ; in the ten 
years it has been established a pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus has won four times 
and Aberdeen-Angus crosses five. The only occasion when an animal without 
Aberdeen-Angus blood in its veins won was in 1 902, when a very superior Welsh 
beast secured the coveted trophy. Of the ten reserves to championships, Aber- 
deen-Angus attained it thrice, and three other animals contained Aberdeen-Angus 
blood. The Chicago International Exposition carcase contest awards from 1 900 
to 1 908, show an even more remarkable record, the chief prize being awarded to 
Aberdeen-Angus on five occasions, thrice to one of its crosses, and the remaining 
time to a Shorthorn cross; but the record does not define the breed of one parent. 

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Probably the greatest feature of this grand show is the Fat Carload Lots of 
cattle. During the same period the Championship has been awarded to Aberdeen- 
Angus on seven occasions and Herefords twice. At the same show, in the same 
period, the section for pure breeds, grades and cross breeds, the Grand Cham- 
pionship and Reserve Championship were each won five times by Aberdeen-Angus, 
three each by Herefords, and one of each by Shorthorns. The packers of Chi- 
cago, as do the English purveyors of meat, willingly pay an enhanced price for this 
incomparable beef breed of cattle. 

I will not, however, weary your readers with statistics of prices, but before 
closing this article I should like to bring to their notice a few facts as to the 
progress of this breed in the greatest beef-producing centre of the world, i. e., Ar- 
gentina. This country has not in the past appreciated this valuable breed to its 
true worth, but it is now making steady headway. There has been a prejudice 
against the color of the cattle; but when they begin to realize there, as they are 
now doing, that black cattle mean a larger return of English gold, for the color 
ol which they have a predilection, they will adopt more readily that breed which, 
crossed with the Shorthorn, produces the best commercial cattle ;'n the world. 
The advent of the Chicago packers, who are establishing houses in Buenos Ayres, 
will hasten this much-to-be-desired end, for there is still room for great improve- 
ment in the quality of the meat which is placed on the Smithfield Market, good as 
some of it already is. As a straw shows which way the wind blows, so the latest 
sales at the Matadores, Buenos Ayres, foreshadow coming events. It is re- 
ported frigorifico buyers purchased freely, and keen competition existed between 
butcher buyers. The La Plata Cold Storage Co. was the heaviest purchaser; 
one firm of auctioneers disposed of the best twelve of a troop of Abeideen- Angus 
steers from Cordoba at the excellent price of $1 36, others of the same herd fetched 
$ 1 20, $ 1 1 5 and $ 1 1 4. For a select lot of fifteen Shorthorn steers the highest 
price was $ 1 1 0. 

The question of the supremacy of Aberdeen-Angus cattle as beef-producevs 
is now incontestable in both Hemispheres. Whether in the show yards of Great 
Britain or in those of North and South America, or on the block these cattle 
are endowed with qualities which enrich the producers, remunerate well the pur- 
veyors, and please the palate of the most epicurean and fastidious customer. 

In writing my experience of Aberdeen-Angus cattle I disparage none. All 
English breeds where indigenous, are good; a good beast may be of any breed or 
color, but there is no manner of doubt in the mind of expert meat traders and 
butchers who deal in beef, that one breed reigns supreme, and that one is fa 
miliarly termed the Doddie. 



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Aberdeen-Angus and Their Crosses 

(From Banffshire Journal.) 

Review of British Fat Stock Shows. 

The outstanding feature of the Fat Stock Show season which has just been 
concluded, has been the remarkable series of victories won by the Aberdeen-Angus 
breed and crosses of that breed. There has not been a show of any consequence 
at which the champion honours have not been won by an Aberdeen-Angus animal, 
or by an animal largely bred to that breed. Not only has this been the case, but 
as will be seen from the notes which we give below, the great bulk of the subsidiary 
honours at these shows also fell to animals of the same lines of breeding, a remark 
which applies equally to the live stock and to the carcase classes. It is im- 
possible to overestimate the practical significance attaching to these very striking 
results — results which, it need not be recalled, have been repeated to a certain 
extent for a series of years. The one great lesson which they teach is that the 
best quality of meat cannot be produced where there is an absence of Aberdeen- 
Angus blood, and that the more Aberdeen-Angus breeding is represented in an 
animal the more nearly will it attain to the ideal fat show animal, and at the same 
time to the highest standard of the beef producing carcase. We do not, however, 
seek to emphasise the many points which suggest themselves by a reference to the 
achievements of the breed during the show season; we deem it sufficient to place the 
simple facts on record and to leave those interested in the cattle industry to draw 
their own conclusions, being assured that the facts carry conviction with them as to 
the unparalleled position attained by the breed in the important sphere of beef 
production. 

The breed and its crosses made a capital debut for the season at the Norwich 
Show. It was a rather remarkable testimony to the popularity of the breed that 
at this centre of so important cattle feeding interests the whole of the entries in 
the class for two-year-old steers of any pure breed other than Red Polled and 
Shorthorn were Aberdeen-Angus, and one of them, Mr. R. W. Hudson s 
Tochineal Style, bred by Mr. Green, formerly in Ruthrie, was good enough to 
furnish the reserve champion of the show. In the class for steers of any breed 
or cross, except Red Polls, under two years, the popular Shorthorn-Angus cross 
led, and in the female class Mr. Hudson's Danesfield Rose, a daughter of the 
Aberdeen-Angus sire Danesfield Jester, and from a cow combining Shorthorn 
and Aberdeen-Angus breeding, was first, carrying off the female championship, 
as also the blue ribbon of the show. Reserve to her as the best female was another 

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heifer of three-parts Aberdeen-Angus breeding, and the winner in the "small" 
cattle section was an Aberdeen-Angus-Dexter. Thus the breed and its crosses had 
the championship and reserve championship, the special for the best female, and 
the special for the best ox — in other words the whole of the leading awards. 

At the Inverness show the blackskins were in great evidence. The great 
bulk of the entries in the cross-bred classes were black and hornless, while the 
pure-bred classes of the breed were sufficiently good to provide the champion of 
the show. This was the very pretty yearling Aberdeen-Angus heifer from Cullen 
House, and the fact that she was awarded the red rosette of the show was net only 
a triumph for the breed, but was another proof of the early maturity superiority of 
Aberdeen-Angus cattle. At the other two Scottish shows, Forres and Aberdeen, 
the breed and its crosses won all the leading honours. 

While at the capital of the Highlands, the breed was thus worthily upholding 
its prestige — and even improving thereupon, for it must be recalled that the In- 
verness champion was a yearling — fresh honours were being reaped by the breed at 
the show at the capital of the English Midlands. Here the championship over 
all breeds was won by Sir Richard Cooper's Aberdeen-Angus steer Pan of The 
Burn, which at two years eleven months turned the scales at 1 8cwts 1 qr. 22 lbs. 
being the heaviest beast in the show. It is not often that the heaviest beast in 
a show is the prettiest, but the Birmingham champion was an excellent example of 
how an Aberdeen-Angus animal can grow quickly, and grow to a large size 
and a heavy weight, and at the same time retain that fineness of finish and even- 
ness of cover which are essential to the winning of champion honours. In connection 
with the Birmingham show it may also be pointed out that of the twenty-four ani- 
mals entered in the cross classes, no fewer than twenty had Aberdeen-Angus 
blood in them, showing the popularity of the Aberdeen-Angus cross It is also a 
rather notable fact that with one exception the whole of the prize winners amongst 
the cross-bred cattle had for either sire or dam an Aberdeen-Angus animal. In- 
deed Mr. Hudson's cross champion, which was also reserve for the best animal in 
the show bred by the exhibitor, was a high grade Aberdeen-Angus, her lines of 
breeding showing three parts of Aberdeen-Angus blood. 

The Scottish National show at Edinburgh also contributed a quota to the 
brilliant record of the breed and its crosses at the fat stock shows of 1910, and that, 
loo, at a show which was marked by an exceptionally high standard of excellence 
in most of the sections. Although the competition at Edinburgh is more limited 
than at the Smithfield show at London, the catalogue provides for Shorthorn, Aber- 
deen-Angus, Galloway, and Highland cattle with combinations of these breeds, 
and it is always a victory of no mean order to provide the best animal over these 
five different varieties in a country where the feeding of stock receives so much 
attention. Taking the pure breeds, it is found that at the thirteen shows held by the 
Club, the championship has been won on only six occasions by representatives of 
these, namely, five times by Aberdeen-Angus, and once by a Shorthorn. On 

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the occasion of the other seven shows the championship has gone to crosses of 
Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorn breeding. At the show this year there were 
thirty-eight entries of cross-bred cattle, of which thirty-two were of Aberdeen-Angus 
and Shorthorn breeding, including the whole of the animals gaining prizes. 
The reserve for the best steer in the show was a black polled two-year-old shown 
by Mr. Findlater, Jerviswood Mains, Lanark, and bred three parts to Aberdeen- 
Angus blood. The Earl of Rosebery with his two-year-old Aberdeen-Angus 
heifer Esmeralda of Dalmeny 5th won the female championship, and Sir John R. 
Gladstone was reserve with a two-year-old heifer by an Aberdeen- Angus sire, 
and out of an Aberdeen-Angus cross dam. Then the supreme championship of 
the show over all breeds went to the Earl of Rosebery's Aberdeen-Angus heifer. 
Thus it will be seen that the breed and its crosses carried off the leading honours 
of the show. 

The great testing centre is, however, the London Smithfield show, at which 
provision is made for all breeds and varieties of cattle reared in Great Britain. 
To win at Smithfield is the greatest feat in British fat stock show circles; it rep- 
resents the highest possible achievement in this department of British agriculture. 
Keen rivalry is always shown amongst feeders of the different breeds of cattle, 
for it is recognised that by this test is brought out the supremacy of any particular 
breed of cattle in regard to beef production. No breed of cattle has come so 
well through this test as the Aberdeen-Angus, for during the past seventeen years 
it has won nine championships, as against eight for all the other twelve breeds 
combined. This is a most notable record, and the mere mention of the fact is 
sufficient proof of the superiority of this breed of cattle over all others in the realm 
of beef production. At the latest show of the Smithfield Club honours fell thick 
and fast upon the breed and its crosses. One of the objects of the show is the 
encouragement of early maturity, and the fact that a heifer by an Aberdeen-Angus 
sire won the cup for the best animal under two years of age proclaimed the super- 
iority of the breed in the matter of early ripening for the block. In the competition 
for the best steer the breed won a double triumph, a two-year-old Aberdeen-Angus 
carrying off that enviable honour, while another two-year-old steer shown by Mr. 
Hudson, Danesfield, and bred by Mr. Green, Ruthrie, which though only second 
in its own class, was good enough to beat the representatives of all the other breeds. 
For the best heifer there was selected Mr. Hudson's three-parts Aberdeen-Angus 
heifer, and the Earl of Rosebery's two-year-old Aberdeen-Angus heifer was reserve. 
In the grand championship of the show Sir Richard Cooper's Aberdeen-Angus 
steer, bred by Colonel Mclnroy, the breeder also of the Smithfield champion of 
1905, was declared to be the best fat beast in the British Isles, and reserve to him 
was placed Mr. Hudson's heifer, which shows three parts of Aberdeen-Angus 
breeding. This animal also won the cup for the best animal bred by exhibitor, 
and the two-year-old Aberdeen-Angus from Dalmeny was reserve. At no previous 
show has any breed established such a record. As indicating the favour for the 

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Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn cross and its superiority over all others it may be 
mentioned that of the thirty-seven entries in the cross classes Aberdeen-Angus 
breeding appeared in thirty-two cases, and Shorthorn in twenty-five cases, other 
breeds represented being Galloways, Devons, Sussex, and Jerseys, while of the 
prize winning animals in all the four classes there was only one in which Aberdeen- 
Angus breeding was not represented. In the carcase competition crosses of the 
breed were very successful. In the yearling steer class Sir Walter Gilbey was 
first with a steer out of an Aberdeen-Angus dam, and also won the championship 
of the section. 

At various other shows in England the Aberdeen-Angus breed was most 
honourably represented. At the Redhill show championships and many other 
successes fell to the breed. An Aberdeen-Angus steer bred by Mr. Strachan, 
Wester Fowlis, won the grand championship of the show, while at the Tonbridgf? 
Fat Stock show Mr. T. Wotton, in an Aberdeen-Angus steer, showed the reserve 
champion of the show. At the Leeds show champion honours went to a cross-bred 
steer shown by Mr. Chas. Emmerson, and Messrs. Coates & Son were reserve 
with an Aberdeen-Angus steer. At the Royal Dublin Winter Show the special 
for the best heifer and the reserve championship of the show were won by animals 
of Aberdeen-Angus breeding. 

The following puts in summary form the victories of the breed and its 
crosses at the leading shows: — 

NORWICH. — Best steer over all breeds. Best female over all breeds. Champion 
animal over all breeds. Reserve champion over all breeds. 

INVERNESS. — Champion over all breeds. 

FORRES. — Champion over all breeds. 

ABERDEEN. — Champion over all breeds. Reserve champion over all breeds. Best 
heifer in show. Best ox in show. Best butcher's animal. Best cow in 
show. Best bull in show. 

BIRMINGHAM. — Champion cross. Second best animal bred by exhibitor. Cham- 
pion over all breeds. 

EDINBURGH. — Second best steer over all breeds. Best and second best heifer 
over all breeds. Champion animal over all breeds. 

LONDON. — Best and second best cross. Best yearling over all breeds. Best and 
second best steers over all breeds. Best and second best heifers over all 
breeds. Best and second best animals bred by exhibitors. Champion and 
reserve champion animals over all breeds. Champion carcase. 

REDHILL. — Champion over all breeds. 

ToNBRIDGE. — Second best animal over all breeds. 

LEEDS. — Champion and reserve champion. 

DUBLIN. — Best heifer. Reserve champion. 

CHICAGO. — Champion and reserve champion over all breeds. 

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Champion Awards 

Steer or Heifer 



]Qn J Champion— Shorthorn-Polled-Shorthorn 



Reserve Champion — A berdeen- Angus-Shorthorn- Aberdeen- Angus 

1Qm \ Champion — Polled-Shorthorn-Polled 

| Reserve Champion — Shorthorn-Shorthorn-/! berdeen- Angus 

1QfV J Champion — Shorthorn-Shorthorn-^terc/een-^ngus 

I Reserve Champion— Aberdeen- Angus-Shorllorn- Aberdeen- Angus 

.q ft ^ Champion — /lfcerJeen-/!ngus-Shorthorn 

I Reserve Champion — y^fcerJeen-^ngus-Shorlhorn 

1Qn J Champion — Shorthorn-/! fcerjeen-/! ngus 

I Reserve Champion — Shorthorn- Aberdeen- Angus-Shorlhorn 

, qf)[ - ^ Champion — Shorthorn-/! berdeen- A ngus 

/ Reserve Champion — Shorthorn-/! fcerdeen-/lngus-Shorthorn 

,q nfi j Champion — Shorthorn-/! berdeen- A ngus 

| Reserve Champion — /!fcerdeen-/4ngus-/lkerJeen-/!ngus-Dexter 

19D7* Champion — Shorthorn-/4fcerdeen-/!ngus 

I Reserve Champion— ^fcerJeen-/lngus-Shorlhorn 

19(W Champion — Shorthorn- Aberdeen- Angus 

| Reserve Champion — /4fcerdeen-/lngus-Shorthorn 

! Champion — A berdeen- A ngus-Shoi thorn-^ berdeen- A ngus 
1909 | R eserve Champion — ^fcerJeen-/!ngu5-Cross 

Smithfield Grand Champion Awards 

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1900 H erefovd Cross-bred Shorthorn-Polled-Shorthorn 

1901 Aberdeen- Angus Cross-bred Polled-Shorthorn-Polled 

1902 Aberdeen-Angus Cross-bred Shorthorn-Shorthorn- Aberdeen- 

Angus 

1903 Cross-bred Shorthorn-/! berdeen- Aberdeen-Angus 

Angus 

1904 Shorthorn A berdeen- Angus 

1905 Aberdeen-Angus Shorthorn 

1906 Shorthorn A berdeen- Angus 

1907 Shorthorn Aberdeen- Angus 

1908 Aberdeen- Angus Cross-bred Aberdeen- Angus-Shorthorn 
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1909 Aberdeen- Angus 



deen-Angus 



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Summary of Smithfield Show Awards 

The Smithfield Fat Stock Show in the sphere of Fat Stock Shows can be 
justly called the Supreme Court, and its decisions without question represent a true 
index of the best that has been produced and exhibited on the British Isles. Among 
the stockmen of the British Isles the Smithfield Show of London holds the same 
position of prestige as the International Exposition of Chicago holds among the 
stockmen of the United States and Canada. Further comparison would not be in 
order at this point; however, suffice it to say the Smithfield Show has been in 
existence for over one hundred years and without question has the most complete 
detailed classification worked out for finished fat stock, considering the field it has 
to perform its operations, and presents the results in the most concise and method- 
ical manner, of any Show. 

A review of the past ten Shows as given in the foregoing table reveals the bare, 
terse facts and shows that one hundred and ninety-five prizes were awarded, con- 
stituting three hundred and seventy-three different combinations of blood of the 
different breeds, which were won as follows: Aberdeen- Angus one hundred and 
sixty-six, Shorthorns one hundred and seventy-five, Galloways fifteen, Devon eleven, 
Herefords two, Highland one, Dexter two, Ayrshire one. 

In competition for Grand Champion honors, out of ten possible places, pure- 
bred Angus won five times and a cross-bred Shorthorn-Aberdeen-Angus once, pure- 
bred Shorthorn three times, pure-bred Hereford once. Pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus 
also won four Reserve Grand Championships and five of the other Reserve win- 
ners possessed Aberdeen-Angus or Polled blood, while a pure-bred Shorthorn won 
once and five of the other Reserve winners possessed Shorthorn blood. These 
results show that the Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorns have furnished the bulk of 
the prize winners with Shorthorns a trifle in the lead in open Classes. To put the 
results in common phraseology, other breeds have simply not been in it as far as 
Smithfield results are concerned. It is in competition for the highest honors, Grand 
Championship, that the Aberdeen-Angus breed is distinguished and shows super- 
iority over the Shorthorn. The decisions of the Grand Championship honors show 
that when the pure-bred Shorthorns and their crosses, together with other breeds, 
were pitted against the Aberdeen-Angus and their crosses, the Aberdeen-Angus 
have overwhelmingly triumphed in gaining supremacy over the Shorthorns, as well 
as all other breeds in the production of high class beef. 



70 




PAN OP THE BURN 
1909 Grand Champion Steer over all Breeds at Birmingham and London Smithfleld Shows. 
Bred by Col. Mclnroy, C. B. Fed and Exhib ited by Sir Richard Cooper, Bart. 




ESMERALDA OF DALMENY 5th 

1909 Grand Champion Heifer over all breeds at Scottish National Fat Stock Show, Edinburgh, 

Scotland. Bred, Fed and Exhibited by Earl of Rosebery 

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SHORT LOIN OF A GRAND CHAMPION CARCASS 




RIB ROAST OF A GRAND CHAMPION CARCASS 



72 



Summary of Smithfield Carcass Contest Awards 

The table of results of the Carcass Contests of the past ten Smithfield 
Shows presents facts that are worthy of consideration by every Cattleman, Packer 
and Butcher. 

During the ten years thirteen different breeds took part in the contests, and 
one hundred and forty-four prizes were awarded which consisted of two hundred 
and twenty-two combinations. The number of combinations were lepresented by 
the various breeds as follows: Aberdeen-Angus eighty-six, Shorthorn sixty-one, 
Hereford six, Galloway sixteen, Welsh nineteen, Kerry nine, Dexter eight, Sussex 
six, Red Polled five, Devon two, Highland four. 

In competition for Championships for ten years, a pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus 
won three times, and six of the other Champions possessed Aberdeen-Angus blood. 
One Championsh p was won by a pure-bred Welsh, the only Championship out of 
a possible ten that was won by an animal that did not possess Aberdeen-Angus 
blood. Four of the Champion winners possessed Shorthorn blood ; one possessed 
Dexter blood, and another Hereford blood, and in each of the six cases there was 
a cross of Aberdeen-Angus blood. 

Out of ten Reserve Championship prizes, a pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus won 
three times and two of the other prize winners possessed Aberdeen-Angus blood. 
Four of the crosses that were Reserves possessed Shorthorn blood; two of them 
Galloway blood ; and the Ayrshire and Sussex were each represented once in form 
of a cross; a pure-bred Welsh won once and a pure-bred Highland once. 

Considering the four leading beef breeds that are chiefly recognized in America 
and Great Britain from a percentage standpoint, the table shows 38.7 per cent for 
Aberdeen-Angus, 27.4 per cent for Shorthorns, 7.2 per cent for Galloways, 2.7 
per cent for Herefords. 

Prof. Wayne Dinsmore, in his review of the International Exposition Carcass 
Contest, states that Aberdeen-Angus lead as far as the International Contest is 
concerned, or in other words, he confines his remarks or argument to the contests 
of America. It is only necessary, however, to glance at the foregoing table to be 
convinced that Aberdeen-Angus have as good a record in Great Britain as in Amer- 
ica, when compared with the results of the Shorthorns, Herefords and Galloways. 

From the above deductions and a further realization of the fact that Smith- 
field and London are to the British Isles and Europe what Packingtown and 
Chicago are to the United States and / merica in regard to advancement in beef 
production and the formation of standards of quality for beef, there is but one con- 
clusion that can be arrived at by all those of sound judgment and that is that the 
bullocks of other beef breeds are not in it with the Aberdeen-Angus bullocks when 
they reach the butcher's block, the final test of all animals bred and raised for meat. 

73 



Smithfield Fat Stock Show Carcass Contest Awards, 1 900 - 1909 



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1900 steer 2 years and under 3 10000 00000 00000 00000 00000 02000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00040 00000 00000 00300 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 

1900 steer under 2 years 00000 00000 00000 10000 00000 00300 00000 00000 00040 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 02000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 

1900 heifer under 3 years 10000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 C0000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00040 02000 00000 00000 O00O0 00000 0a3 

1901 sieer 2 years and under 3 10000 00000 00000 00000 00000 02005 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 O00O0 00000 00000 00000 00300 00000 00000 00000 00000 0b4 

1901 sieer under 2 years 00000 00000 00000 02000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00005 00000 00000 00000 00000 00040 00000 00000 00000 00000 00300 10000 

1901 heifer under 3 years 10000 00000 00000 00040 00000 00000 00000 00000 02000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00300 00000 00000 00000 0c5 

1902 sieer 2 years and under 3 02000 00305 00000 00000 00040 00000 00000 00000 00000 0000O 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 O0O00 00000 10000 

1902 sieer under 2 years 02000 00000 00000 00040 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 10000 00000 00000 00000 00000 OOOOO 0d3 

1902 heifer under 3 years 12000 00300 00000 00005 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00040 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 OOOOO 

1903 steer 2 years and under 3 00040 02000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00300 00000 00000 00000 10000 OOOOO 

1903 sieer under 2 years 00005 02000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00300 10000 0e4 

1903 heifer under 3 vears OOOOO OOOOO 00000 00000 OOOOO 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00040 00000 02000 OOOOO 00000 00000 00000 OOOOO 00005 rl 0c3 

1904 sieer 2 years and under 3 02000 00000 00000 00000 00300 10000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 OOOOO 00000 00040 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00005 

1904 sieer under 2 years 00305 02000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 OOOOO 10000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO 00000 0»4 

1904 heifer under 3 years 10005 00000 00000 OOOOO 00000 02000 OOOOO 00000 00000 00000 00000 OOOOO 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00300 00000 00040 OOOOO 

1905 sieer 2 years and under 3 00000 02000 00000 00000 OOOOO OOOOO 00005 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00300 00000 OOOOO 00000 00000 00000 00000 10040 OOOOO 
1905 sieer under 2 years . . 00000 OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO 00000 OOOOO 00040 00300 00000 OOOOO 00000 00000 02000 00000 00000 00005 00000 10000 OOOOO 

1905 heifer under 3 years 00000 OOOOO 00000 OOOOO 02000 10000 00000 OOOOO 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00005 00300 00000 00040 

1906 sieer 2 years and under 3 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 10000 00005 00000 00000 00000 00000 OOOOO 00000 00000 00040 00000 O2300 
1906 sieer under 2 years 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 02000 00(100 00000 00000 10300 00000 00000 00005 OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO 00000 00000 00000 00040 

1906 heifer under 3 years 00000 02000 10000 00000 00300 OOOOO 00000 00000 00000 OOOOO 00005 00000 00000 00040 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 OOOOO 

1907 sieer 2 years and under 3 00000 10040 00000 OOOOO 00000 00000 00000 001100 00000 00000 00000 00000 00300 00000 00000 OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO 00000 02005 OOOOO 
1907 steer under 2 years 12000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00005 00000 00000 00000 00000 CO040 00000 00000 00000 00000 OOOOO 00000 00000 00000 00300 OOOOO 

1907 heifer under 3 years 02000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00040 OOOOO 00300 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 OOOOO 00000 00000 00000 Ll Ot5 

1908 steer 2 years and under 3 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00005 00040 00000 00000 00300 00000 00000 00000 00000 OOOOO 00000 00000 00000 00000 02000 vl 
1908 steer under 2 years 00045 OOOOO 10000 00000 00000 00000 02300 00000 00000 OOOOO OOOOO 00000 00000 00000 COOOO 00000 OOOOO 00000 OOOOi 

1908 heifer under 3' vears OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO 00000 02300 OOOOO 00040 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO 00005 OOOOO nl 

1909 sieer 2 years and under 3 02005 00000 00000 COOOO 00000 00000 00000 OOOOO 00300 00000 00000 00000 00000 00040 00000 OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO qI i) ll (I 
1909 sieer under 2 years 02005 OOOOO 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 OOOOO 10300 OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO 00040 OOOOO 
1909 heifer under 3 years OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO 10040 OOOOO OOOOO 02000 OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO Or3 

CO Sire Aberdeen-Angus Dam Sussex, (b) Sire Galloway. Dam Highland, (c) Sire Calloway. Dam Galloway-Shorthorn, (d) Sin Polled, Dam Ahrrdeen-Angus-Shnrthnrn. CO Shorthorn. CO Sire 

Black Polled. Dam Aberdeen-An 8 us.Shorthorn. (c) Sire Aberdeen- Angus. Dam Shorthorn-Orkney. (*) Sire unknown. Dam Calloway, (l ) Sire Sussex. Dam Shorthorn ( T ) Sire Red Polled, Dam Here- 

ford. Cv) Sire Calloway. Dam Ayrshire-Calloway, (n) Sire Aberdeen-AnglM, Dam Highland, (q) Highland. 

GRAND CHAMPION AWARDS RESERVE CRAND CHAMPION AWARDS 

BREED BREED 

1900 Cross-bred Abtnlcen-AngtU -Hereford 1900 Cross-bred Shorthorn-Galloway 

1901 Pure-bred AberJce„-A„t„, 1901 Pure-bred Abetia 

1902 Pure-l.red Ahtrjeen-Anfui 1902 Pure-bred I 

1903 Pure-bred Welsh 1903 Cl Polled !,■.,.,.■,■„ \„fu Shorthorn 

1904 Cross-bred /IfWeen-zlnCiM-Shorlhorn 1904 Purebred Ahcl, 

1905 Cross-bred /Jl«roW/4npu-Shorthorn 1905 Pure-bred Welsh 

1906 Cross-bred Shorthorn-/f oer,/. 1906 CrOM-bred Shorlhorn-/lner.retn-4n«u J -Shorthorn 

1907 Purebred /foe, Jeeri-Zlngus l<>07 Cross-bred Sussex-Shorthorn 

1908 Cro „ 4„ R ,,,-Dexler 190^ I .Noway 

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1902 Shorthorn-Shorthorn-/! fcerJeen-./lngus 

1903 Shorlhorn-Galloway 

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1905 Shorthorn-/! fcerJeen-/lngus 

1906 Aberdeen- Angus- Aberdeen- Angus- Dexter 

1907 Shor[\\om-Aberdeen-Angus 

1908 Aberdeen- Angus-Aberdeen- Angus-Shorlhom 

1909 Aberdeen- Angus-Shorthorn- Aberdeen- Angus 



Grand Champion Awards 
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Reserve Grand Champion Awards 
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Aberdeen- Angus 

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Pure-bred Hereford 
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Cross-bred Shorthorn-/! berdeen-A ngus 
Cross-bred Aberdeen- Angus-Shorthorn 
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77 



Summary of Birmingham Show Awards 

The location of the Birmingham Show and the strongholds of the Aberdeen- 
Angus, Shorthorn and Hereford cattle should be borne in mind when making an 
analysis of the foregoing table of awards. Birmingham is located in the heart of 
ngland, at the very threshold of the Hereford breed and in a district where 
Shorthorns have been very popular for a long period of time, while the Aberdeen- 
Angus stronghold is located in the extreme northeast part of Scotland, thus the 
distance is comparatively great, and no doubt tends to reduce the number of Aber- 
deen-Angus entries. The chief reason, however, why the Scotch Aberdeen-Angus 
breeders are unable to attend the Birmingham show in greater numbers is because 
the Scottish National Stock Show at Edinburgh, Scotland, is held the same week. 

In spite of these features that have militated against the Aberdeen-Angus, the 
foregoing table shows that out of one hundred and eighteen awards constituting two 
hundred and twenty-five combinations of blood of different breeds, the Aberdeen- 
Angus won ninety-three, Shorthorns one hundred and seven, Galloways twenty, 
Dexters four, Herefords only one. 

Out of ten possible Grand Championships (competition open to Pure-Breds 
and Cross-Breds) pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus have won five times, pu«e-bred Here- 
fords twice, pure-bred Shorthorns, twice and a Devon once. Out of ten possible 
Reserve Grand Championships pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus won once and six 
other winners possessed Aberdeen-Angus blood combined with either Shorthorn or 
Dexter, while the remaining three Reserves were respectively won by a pure-bred 
Hereford, Shorthorn and cross-bred Shorthorn-Galloway. It will also be noticed 
that in addition to one of the Reserve winners being a Shorthorn, five of the other 
winners possessed Shorthorn blood. 

In number of points for cross-breds the table shows that Shorthorn blood leads 
by fourteen. This, however, only represents the cross-bred division of the show 
and can not be considered as the supreme verdict of a show that offers a classifica- 
tion in form of Grand Championship for the competition of pure-breds and cross- 
breds to determine the best products. It is in the final sift for Grand Champion- 
ship and Reserve Grand Championship honors that the Aberdeen-Angus com- 
pletely vindicate their claim of superiority over their rivals. 



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83 



Summary of Edinburgh Fat Stock Show 

The National Fat Stock Show held at Edinburgh is the Supreme Court, as it 
were, of the Fat Stock Shows held in North Britain. The foregoing table shows 
that during a period of ten years one hundred and eighteen prizes were awarded, 
which consisted of two hundred and eighteen combinations by breeds. Out of 
these combinations Aberdeen-Angus won one hundred and nine, Shorthorns one 
hundred and two, Galloways five, Herefords two. From these facts it can be 
readily seen that in the open classes Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorns won about 
equal shares of the honors, with the Aberdeen-Angus a trifle in the lead. 

The list of Grand Championship honors shows that only the Aberdeen-Angus 
and Shorthorns by virtue of their winnings in open classes gained entry for Cham- 
pionship competiton. It will be further noted, however, that it is in competition 
for Grand Championship honors that the Aberdeen-Angus breed distinguishes itself 
and presents to the public in the final test an illustration of the degree in which it 
excels even the Scotch Shorthorns. 

Aberdeen Fat Stock Show 

Aberdeen, Scotland 

(This Show was instituted in 1903, but results of 1903 and 1904 shows 

could not be obtained.) 

Grand Champion Awards, 1905-1909 

GRAND CHAMPION RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION 

1905 Aberdeen- Angus Not Reported 

1906 Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen- Angus 

1907 Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen-Angus 

1908 Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen-Angus 

1909 Aberdeen-Angus-Cross Aberdeen-Angus 

Royal Dublin Society Show 

Dublin, Ireland 

Grand Champion Awards, 1896-1909 (Entire Life of Show) 

BREED 

1896 Cross-bred-fc/ac£ 

1897 Cross-bred black-whiteface, sire — Aberdeen-Angus 

1898 Shorthorn Aberdeen-Angus 

1899 Shorthorn- Aberdeen- Angus-blue-grey 

1900 Polled Bullock 

1901 Aberdeen-Angus 

1902 Cross-bred, sire — Aberdeen-Angus 

1903 Aberdeen-Angus 

1904 Cross-bred blue-grey 

1905 Aberdeen-Angus 

1906 Aberdeen-Angus 

1907 Cross-bred, Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorn 

1908 Cross-bred, dam, a cross-bred Aberdeen- Angus by a Shorthorn 

1909 Cross-bred Shorihom- Aberdeen- Angus 

Detailed information of the Aberdeen Show, Scotland, and the Dublin Show, Ireland, could 
not be obtained. However, a sufficient number of the Grand Champion awards are given above to 
show that the Grand Champions of these two Shows have been Aberdeen-Angus or animals that 
possessed Aberdeen-Angus blood. 

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